PLAUEN  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony, on the See also:

• WEISSE, CHRISTIAN HERMANN (18oi–1866)

Weisse See also:

• ELSTER

Elster, 6o m. See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, on the railway to See also:

• HOF

Hof and See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich and at the junction of lines to See also:

• EGER (Czech, Cheb)
• EGER (Ger. Erlau, Med. Lat. Agria)
• EGER, AQIBA (1761–1837)

Eger and See also:

• GERA

Gera . Pop . (189o), 47,007; (1900), 73,891; (1905), 105,383 . It was formerly the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of See also:

• VOGTLAND, or VOIGTLAND

Vogtland, or Voigtland, a territory governed by the imperial See also:

• VOGT, KARL CHRISTOPH (1817-1895)

vogt, or See also:

• BAILIFF

bailiff, and this name still clings in popular speech to the hilly See also:

• DISTRICT

district in which the town lies . Of its three Evangelical churches the most prominent is the See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of St See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John, with twin See also:

• SPIRES (Ger. Speyer or Speier)

spires, which was restored in 1886 . Other buildings of See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note are the town See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall, dating from about 1550; and the old See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Hradschin, now used as a See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court . Plauen is now the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in Germany for the manufacture of embroidered See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white goods of all kinds, for the See also:

• FINISHING

finishing of See also:

• WOVEN

woven See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton fabrics, known as Plauen goods, and for the making of See also:

• LACE (corresponding to Ital. merletto, trina; Genoese Pizzo; Ger. spitzen; Fr. dentelle; Dutch kanten; Span. encaje; the English word owes something to the Fr. lassis or laces, but both are connected with the earlier Lat. laqueus; early French laces were

lace . Plauen was probably founded by the Slays . First mentioned in 1122, it passed under the authority of Bohemia in 1327 and came to Saxony in 1466, remaining permanently See also:

• UNITED

united with the electorate since 1569 . The manufacture of white goods was introduced by Swabian, or Swiss, immigrants. about 1570 . The advance in its material prosperity has been especially rapid since the See also:

• INCORPORATION (from Lat. incorporare, to form into a body)

incorporation of Saxony in the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• ZOLLVEREIN (Ger. Zoll, toll, customs, and Verein, union)

Zollverein . See Fiedler, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Stadt Plauen See also:

• IM(K2+a2+h2—2 ah cos 0)

im Vogtland (Plauen, 1874) ; and Beitrage zur Geschichte der Stadt Plauen (Plauen, 1876) ; Metzner, Fi hrer durch Plauen (1903) ; and the publications of the Altertumsverein zu Plauen (1875 seq.) .