SORAU  , 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:

• BRANDENBURG

Brandenburg, on the Sorebach, 54 M . S.E. of See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort-on-See also:

• ODER (Lat. Viadua; Slavonic, Vjodr)

Oder by See also:

• RAIL

rail, and at the junction of lines to See also:

• COTTBUS

Cottbus and See also:

• GORLITZ

Gorlitz . Pop . (1905), 16,410 . One of the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest towns in See also:

• LOWER

Lower See also:

• LUSATIA (Ger. Lausitz)

Lusatia, Sorau contains a number of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient buildings, among which the most prominent are several of the churches (one dating from 1204), the 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, built in 1260, and the old See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of 1207 (now a See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison) . The new palace, erected in 1711 by See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count See also:

• ERDMANN
• ERDMANN, JOHANN EDUARD (1805-1892)

Erdmann II. of Promnitz, is utilized for See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government offices .. The varied manufactures of the town comprise See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, See also:

• LINEN

linen, See also:

• WAX

wax candles, See also:

• STARCH

starch, See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass and See also:

• PORCELAIN

porcelain . Sorau is said to have existed in 840, and to have belonged to the See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey of See also:

• FULDA

Fulda till the 12th See also:

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

century . It received civic rights in 1260 . With the surrounding See also:

• DISTRICT

district, known as the See also:

• BARONY

barony of Sorau, it became the seat of successive See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble families; and in 1400 it was See also:

• UNITED

united with the barony of Triebel . The last Count of Promnitz, whose ancestor had See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased both baronies from See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick of Bohemia in 1556, sold them in 1765 to the elector of See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony for an See also:

• ANNUITY (from Lat. annus, a year)

annuity of 12,000 thalers (rSoo) . In 1815 Saxony ceded them to See also:

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

Prussia .

See Worbs, Geschichte der Herrschaft Sorau and Triebel (Sorau, 1826) .