SCHWEIDNITZ  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the Prussian See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• SILESIA

Silesia, picturesquely situated on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the Weistritz, 28 m . S.W. of See also:

• BRESLAU (Polish Wraclaw)

Breslau by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1905) 30,540 . The town has wide streets and contains several old churches, one of which, a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic 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, built in the 14th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, has a See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower 330 ft. high . It has an old 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, a See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre and several statues of eminent men . The surrounding See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is fertile and highly cultivated, and the large quantities of See also:

• FLAX

flax and See also:

• HEMP (in O. Eng. henep, cf. Dutch hennep, Ger. Hanf , cognate with Gr. Kavval3er, Lat. cannabis)

hemp there raised encourage an active See also:

• WEAVING

weaving See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry in the town . Beetroot for See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit are also grown . The. manufacture of woollens, linens, See also:

• HOSIERY

hosiery, See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, gloves, See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper, machinery and tools, carriages, nuts and screws, needles and other hardware goods is carried on . The See also:

• BEER

beer of Schweidnitz has See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long been famous under the name of " Schwarze Schops," and in the 16th century it was exported as far as See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy . Schweidnitz is the See also:

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

chief grain See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district . Schweidnitz, dating from about the 11th century, received civic rights in 1250 .

About 1278 it became the See also:

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

capital of a principality, with an See also:

• AREA

area of about Iwo sq. m., which belonged to Bohemia from 1353 till 1741, when it passed into the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia . The " Polerei of Schweidnitz " is the name given to the riotous revolt of, the town, in 1520-1522, against a royal See also:

• EDICT (Lat. edictum, from e, out, and dicere, to say, speak)

edict depriving it of the right of coining its own See also:

• MONEY

money, One of the strongest towns in Silesia it was besieged several times during the 17th and 18th centuries . In 1807 it was captured by the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, who demolished the fortifications . Restored to Prussia in 1816 it was again fortified, but in 1862 the fortifications were converted into a public See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park . See F . J . See also:

• SCHMIDT, H
• SCHMIDT, HEINRICH JULIAN (1818-1886)
• SCHMIDT, KARL VON (1817-1875)
• SCHMIDT, WILHELM ADOLF (1812-1887)

Schmidt, Geschichte der Stadt Schweidnitz (2 vols., Schweidnitz, 1846-1848) .