OSCHATZ
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OSCHATZ , a town in the kingdom of Saxony, in the .valley of the Dollnitz, 36 m. N.W. of Dresden, on the trunk railway to Leipzig . Pop. (1905) 10,8.54. One of its three Evangelical churches is the handsome Gothic church 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)
of St Aegidius, with twin spires . Sugar , felt, woollens, cloth and leather are manufactured, and there is considerable trade in agricultural produce. Four miles west lies the Koimberg, the highest eminence in the north of Saxony.
See C. Hoffmann , Historische Beschreibung der Stadt Oschatz (Oschatz, 18731874) ; and Gurlitt, Bau- and Kunstdenkmaler der Amtsmannschaft Oschatz (Dresden, 1905).
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