ROSENHEIM
, a See also:town and watering-See also:place of See also:Germany, in the
See also:kingdom of See also:Bavaria, situated at the confluence of the Mangfall
and the See also:Inn, 40 M. by See also:rail S.E. of See also:Munich
.
Pop
.
(1905) 15,403
.
It is an interesting town, with many See also:medieval houses
.
Among its
seven churches the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:parish 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, with a curious See also:cupola and containing numerous old tombs and See also:effigies, and that of the See also:Holy See also:Ghost (15th See also:century), are remarkable
.
There are a monastery, two convents, several See also:schools and a See also:hospital
.
Rosenheim is frequented for its saline and See also:sulphur See also:baths, and there are important saltworks, the brine being conveyed from See also:Reichenhall in pipes; it has also See also:machine factories, metalworks and breweries
.
Cordage is manufactured, and there is a See also:trade in See also:cattle and See also:grain
.
Although founded in the 12th century Rosenheim did not become a town until
1864
.
See Ditterich, Rosenheim in Oberbayern (Munich, 1870), and Eid, Aus Altrosenheim (Rosenheim, 1906)
.
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