SCHWABACH
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V24,
Page 387
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
SCHWABACH
, a town of Germany, in the kingdom of Bavaria, 9 m. by rail S. of Nuremberg
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Pop
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(1905) 10,342
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It has the interesting Evangelical 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)
of St John, built in the 15th century, with carvings by Veit Stoss, paintings by Wohlgemut, See also: - MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Schon and others, and a ciborium by Adam Krafft; a fountain, the Schone Brunnen, and several schools
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Schwabach is the chief seat of the needle manufacture in Bavaria; its other industries include gold and silver wire work, brewing and the making of soap and earthenware
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Schwabach was purchased in 1364 by the burgrave of Nuremberg
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See Petzoldt, Chronik der Stadt Schwabach (Schwabach, 1854)
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