RIXDORF
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, lying immediately See also:south of See also:Berlin, of which it practically forms a suburb, though retaining its own civic See also:administration
.
Pop
.
(188o) 18,729; (1895) 59,495; (1905) 153,650
.
It is connected with the See also:metropolis by a railway (See also:Ring-bahn) and by an electric See also:tramway
.
It contains no public buildings of any See also:interest, and is almost entirely occupied by a large See also:industrial and See also:artisan See also:population, engaged in the manufacture of linoleum, See also:furniture, See also:cloth, pianos, See also:beer, See also:soap, &c
.
Rixdorf is chiefly interesting as a See also:foundation of Moravian Brethren from Bohemia, who settled here in 1737 under the See also:protection of 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)
King See also: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
William I
.
See also:German Rixdorf, which is now See also:united with Bohemian Rixdorf, was a much more See also:ancient See also:place, and appears as Richardsdorf in 1630 and as Riegenstorp in 1435
.
Before 1435 it belonged to the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of the Knights of St See also:John
.
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