STRAUBING

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STRAUBING , a town of Germany, in the kingdom of Bavaria, pleasantly situated in a fertile plain, on the right bank of the Danube, here crossed by two bridges, 25 m. S.E. of Regensburg,on the railway to Passau. Pop. (1905), 20,856, nearly all of whom are Roman Catholics. Its oldest and most characteristic building is the tall square tower with its five pointed turrets, dating from 1208. It has eight Roman Catholic churches. among them being the church of St James, a handsome

Late

LATE

Gothic

GOTHIC

edifice, with some paintings. ascribed to Wohlgemuth; the old Carmelite church containing a monument to Duke Albert II. of Bavaria; and that of St Peter with the tomb of Agnes Bernauer. It has also a

Gothic

GOTHIC

town-

hall

HALL
HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in
Tirol
- TIROL (or TYROL 1)
and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger.
Halle
- 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)
)
HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
EDWARD
- EDWARD
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EDWARD
- 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)

, a castle, now used as barracks, and two fine squares. The numerous educational establishments include a gymnasium, an episcopal

seminary

SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

for boys and a normal school. The

industries

INDUSTRIES

of Straubing are tanning and brewing, the manufacture of bricks and cement, and trade in grain and cattle. Straubing is a town of remote origin, believed to be identical with the Roman station of Sorbiodurum. In definite history, however, it is known only as a Bavarian town, and from 1353 to 1425 it was the seat of the ducal line of Bavaria-Straubing.. Its

chief

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

historical

interest

INTEREST

attaches to its connexion with the unfortunate Agnes Bernauer (q.v.), who lived at the chateau here with her husband Duke Albert III.
See Wimmer, Sammelbldtter zur Geschichte der Sladt Straubing (Straubing, 1882-1884), and Ortner, Straubing in seiner Vergangenheit and Gegenwart (Straubing, 1902).

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