Spandau

halle town

SPANDAU, a strongly-fortified town in the province of His intimate connexion with Count Zinzendorf was made Brandenburg, Prussia, is situated at the confluence of the a further charge against him. His preaching was pro-Havel and Spree, 8 miles to the north-west of Berlin. It nounced "singular," and an "affected humility towards has recently been converted into a fortress of the first common people" obnoxious. He was offered by the class, and is now the key of the defences of the capital. senate of the theological faculty of Halle the alternative The Julius tower in the citadel, which is surrounded by of doing penance before God, submitting to his superiors, water, contains the imperial war treasure (Reichskriegs- and separating himself from Zinzendorf, or leaving the schatz), - a sum of £6,000,000 in gold, kept in readiness matter to the decision of the king, unless he preferred to .for any warlike emergency. Besides numerous barracks, " leave Halle quietly." The case came before the king, Spandau contains various military establishments appro- and on April 8, 1733, Spangenberg was conducted by the priate to an important garrison town ; and its chief military outside the gates of Halle. At first he bent his industries are connected with the preparation of munitions steps to Jena, but Zinzendorf at once sought to secure of war. The Government factories for the manufacture him as a fellow-labourer, though, with that "jesuitry" of of small arms, artillery, gunpowder, &c., cover upwards which Wesley subsequently complained, the count wished of 200 acres, and employ about 4000 workmen. The to obtain from him a declaration which would remove other industries are not very important ; they comprise from the Pietists of Halle all blame with regard to the miscellaneous manufactures, fishing, boat-building, and disruption. Spangenberg found amongst the Moravians some shipping on the Havel. The population in 1885, his life-work. He could amongst them carry out his including the garrison of nearly 4000 men, was 31,463. fundamental principle that the churches are but spheres Spandau is one of the oldest places in the Altmark, and received in all of which Christians are to be found, and that the town-rights in 1232. It afterwards became a favourite residence one church of Christ is only where believers live in of the Hohenzollern electors of Brandenburg, and was fortified in Christian fellowship. He joined the Moravians at a

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