WERNIGERODE  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the See also:

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

province of Prussian See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony, 13 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail S.W. of See also:

• HALBERSTADT

Halberstadt, picturesquely situated on the Holzemme, on the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north slopes of the Harz Mountains . Pop . (1905) 13,137 . It contains several interesting See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic buildings, including a See also:

• FINE

fine 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 with a See also:

• TIMBER

timber See also:

• FACADE

facade of 1498 . Some of the See also:

• QUAINT (O. Fr. cointe, from Lat. cognitus, known, probably influenced by association with Lat. corn plus, neat)

quaint old houses which have escaped the numerous fires that have visited the town are elaborately adorned with See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood-See also:

• CARVING

carving . The gymnasium, occupying a See also:

• MODERN

modern Gothic See also:

• BUILDING

building, is the successor of an See also:

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

ancient See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar-school, which existed until 1825 . See also:

• BRANDY

Brandy, cigars and dye-stuffs are among the manufactures of the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . Above the town rises the See also:

• CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

chateau of the See also:

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

prince of See also:

• STOLBERG
• STOLBERG, FRIEDRICH LEOPOLD, GRAF ZU (1750-1819)

Stolberg-Wernigerode . A See also:

• PAVILION

pavilion in the 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 contains the library of 117,000 volumes, the See also:

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

chief feature in which is the collection of over 3000 Bibles and over 5000 volumes of hymnology . Wernigerode is the chief town of the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county (Grafschaft) of Stolberg-Wernigerode, which has an extent of 107 sq. m., and includes the See also:

• BROCKEN
• BROCKEN, SPECTRE OF THE (so named from having been first observed in 178o on the Brocken)

Brocken within its limits . The See also:

• COUNTS

counts of Wernigerode, who can be traced back to the See also:

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

early 12th See also:

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

century, were successively vassals of the margraves of See also:

• BRANDENBURG

Brandenburg (1268), and the archbishops of See also:

• MAGDEBURG

Magdeburg (1381) . On the extinction of the See also:

• FAMILY

family in 1429 the county See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell to the counts of Stolberg, who founded the Stolberg-Wernigerode See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch in 1645 .

The latter surrendered its military and fiscal See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence to See also:

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

Prussia in 1714, but retained some of its See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign rights till 1876 . The counts were raised to princely See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank in 1890 . See Forstemann, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Graflich-Stolbergische Bibliothek in Wernigerode (See also:

• NORDHAUSEN

Nordhausen, 1866), and G . See also:

• SOMMER

Sommer, Die Grafschaft Wernigerode (See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle, 1883) .