SIEGBURG
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:Rhine See also:Province, on the See also:river Sieg, 16 m. by See also:rail S.E. of See also:Cologne by the railway to See also:Giessen
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Pop
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(1905) 14,878
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It has a royal See also:- SHELL
- SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)
shell factory, See also:calico-See also:printing See also:mills, See also:lignite mines, See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone quarries and pottery and See also:tobacco factories
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The 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, dating from the 13th See also:century, possesses several richly decorated reliquaries of the 12th to 15th centuries
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The buildings of the See also:Benedictine See also:abbey, founded in Io66, are now used as a See also:prison
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The town, which was founded in the 11th century, attained the height of its prosperity in the 15th and 16th centuries owing to its pottery wares
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Siegburg pitchers (Siegburger Kruge) were widely famed
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Their shape was often fantastic and they are now eagerly sought by collectors
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See R
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Heinekamp, Siegburgs Vergangenheit and Gegenwart (Siegburg, 1897) ; and See also:Renard, See also:Die Kunstdenkmdler See also:des Siegkreises (See also:Dusseldorf, 1907)
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