WEISSENBURG  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the imperial See also:

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

province of See also:

• ALSACE (Ger. Elsass)

Alsace-See also:

• LORRAINE

Lorraine, See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• LOWER

Lower Alsace, on the Lauter, at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of the eastern slope of the See also:

• VOSGES
• VOSGES (Lat. Vogesus or Vosagus, Ger. Wasgau or Vogesen)

Vosges Mountains, 42 M . N.E. of See also:

• STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg by the railway See also:

• BASEL (Fr. Bale)
• BASEL (Fr. Belle, but Basle is a wholly erroneous form; Ital. Basilea)
• BASEL, CONFESSION OF
• BASEL, COUNCIL OF

Basel-Strassburg-See also:

• MANNHEIM

Mannheim . Pop . (19oo) 6946 . The beautiful See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

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

abbey 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 of SS . See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter and See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul, dating from the 13th See also:

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

century, contains some See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early stained 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 . The See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries include the manufacture of See also:

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

paper, matches, stockings and See also:

• BEER

beer, and hops and See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine are also extensively cultivated . Weissenburg See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew up See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round a See also:

• BENEDICTINE

Benedictine abbey which was founded in the 7th century by Dagobert II. and became the seat of a famous school . Here Otfrid, who was a native of the district, completed (c . 868) his Old High See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• GOSPEL (O. Eng. godspel, i.e. good news, a translation of Lat. bona annuntiatio, or evangelium, Gr. evayyeXwv; cf. Goth. iu spillon, " to announce good news," Ulfilas' translation of the Greek, from iu, that which is good, and spellon to announce)

Gospel See also:

• BOOK

book (see GERMAN LITERATURE) . The town became a See also:

• FREE

free imperial See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city in 1305 . It has been the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of two memorable battles .

The famous "Weissenburg lines," consisting of entrenched See also:

• WORKS

works erected by See also:

• VILLARS, CLAUDE LOUIS HECTOR DE, PRINCE DE

Villars in 17o6 along the Lauter, and having a length of 12 m., were stormed in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1793 by the Prussians and See also:

• SAXONS

Saxons under the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general Wurmser . The See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

Allies were in their turn dispossessed by See also:

• PICHEGRU, CHARLES (1761-1804)

Pichegru in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December and forced to See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat behind the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine . These lines, as well as the fortifications of Weissenburg, are now dismantled . On the 4th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 187o the Germans under the See also:

• CROWN

crown See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

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

Prussia, afterwards the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor 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, gained the first victory of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war over a See also:

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

French See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps (See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army commanded by See also:

• MACMAHON, MARIE

MacMahon) under General Douay, who was killed early in the engagement . The name Weissenburg occurs in three other places; the town of Weissenburg-am-See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

Sand in See also:

• BAVARIA (Ger. Bayern)

Bavaria (q.v.) ; a Swiss invalid resort in the Niedersimmental, above See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake See also:

• THUN (Fr. Thoune)
• THUN, LAKE OF

Thun, with sulphate of See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

lime springs, beneficial for bronchial affections; also a Hungarian comitat (Magyar Fejervar), with Stuhlweissenburg as See also:

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

capital . WEISSENBURG-AM-SAND, a town of Germany, in the Bavarian district of See also:

• MIDDLE

Middle Franconih., situated in a pleasant and fertile 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 at the western foot of the Franconian See also:

• JURA
• JURA (" deer island ")

Jura, 1300 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, and 33 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail S.W. of See also:

• NUREMBERG (Ger. Nurnberg)

Nuremberg by the railway to See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich . Pop . (1905) 6709 . It is still surrounded by old walls and towers, and has two See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic churches and a Gothic 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 . The town has a See also:

• MINERAL

mineral See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring, connected with which is a bathing See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment . A Roman See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle has recently been discovered, and there is a collection of antiquities in the See also:

• MODERN

modern school . The old fortalice of Wulzburg (2060 ft.) overlooks the town .

See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

Gold and See also:

• SILVER

silver fringe, bricks, See also:

• CEMENT (from Lat. caementum, rough pieces of stone, a shortened form of caedimentum, from caedere, to cut)

cement wares, beer and See also:

• CLOTH

cloth are manufactured . Weissenburg See also:

• DATES

dates from the 8th century, and in the 14th was made a free imperial town . It passed to Bavaria in 1806 . See C . See also:

• MEYER, CHRISTIAN ERICH HERMANN VON (18or-1869)
• MEYER, HEINRICH AUGUST WILHELM (1800-1873)
• MEYER, JULIUS LOTHAR (183o-1895)
• MEYER, KONRAD FERDINAND (1825-1898)
• MEYER, VICTOR (1848-1897)
• MEYER, [MARIE] PAUL HYACINTHE (184o- )

Meyer, Chronik der Stadt Weissenburg in Bayern (Munich, 1904) ; and See also:

• FABRICIUS, GAIUS LUSCINUS (i.e. " the one-eyed ")
• FABRICIUS, GEORG (1516-1571)
• FABRICIUS, HIERONYMUS
• FABRICIUS, JOHANN ALBERT (1668-1736)
• FABRICIUS, JOHANN CHRISTIAN (1745-18o8)

Fabricius, Das Kastell Weissenburg (See also:

• HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg, 1906) .