PILLNITZ
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V21,
Page 610
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
PILLNITZ
, a village in the kingdom of Saxony, situated on the right bank of the Elbe, 5 M. above Dresden
.
Pop
.
(1905), 770
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The new palace of the See also: - KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
of Saxony was built in 1818 on the site of a building which was destroyed by fire
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The place became a residence of the electors of Saxony about 1700, and the different parts of the palace were erected at various times during the 18th century
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By the convention of Pillnitz in August 1791 the emperor Leopold II. and Frederick See also: - WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
II., king of Prussia, agreed to take common action against any attack on the part of France; this compact may be regarded as the basis of the first coalition against that country
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See A. von Minchwitz, Geschichte von Pillnitz (Dresden, 1893)
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