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Geographical and statistical remarks.
Otto Henry. The whole church was devoted to the Roman
catholic worship , till 1545. The protestant divine ser-
vice was not completely introduced before 1556. The library
was kept in the choir, beneath which the palsgraves and
electors with their consorts were generally entombed,
since the time of Robert III. This church suffered con-
siderably by the depredations, committed in it, in the
afore-mentioned war, especially in 1693. The quiet resting-
places of the dead were turned up, the coffins broke open
and robbed of their ornaments, the tomb and other beau-
tiful monuments demolished, the bones scattered about,
the altars profaned, and when, at last, the unfortunate
inhabitants of the town took refuge to it from the general
destruction, set fire to the roof. Not before this threatened
to fall down upon the poor sufferers, the doors, which had
been carefully locked and guarded, were opened, to enable
the poor wretches to save theirlives. The town and country
had scarcely recovered in some measure from the ruinous
horrors of this war, than disputes arose between the Cal-
vinists and Roman Catholics, both of whom claimed the
exclusive possession of it, which caused it to be pro-
nounced by John William simultaneous property, the
church being separated (1105), by a wall and the nave
assigned to the Calvinists, whilst the Roman Catholics
were put in possession of the rest; but when Charles Phi-
lip claimed the whole church for the Roman Catholics,
and took possession of it violently, causing the wall which
separated the nave from the choir to be pulled down (1719),
the Protestants applied for protection to the Imperial
Chamber and the protestant princes. The elector was
obliged to yield, and left (1720) Heidelberg with indig-
nation, to make Mannheim his residence, and to render
it the capital of the Electoral Palatinate. The partition-
wall was now restored, and both confessions shared again
Geographical and statistical remarks.
Otto Henry. The whole church was devoted to the Roman
catholic worship , till 1545. The protestant divine ser-
vice was not completely introduced before 1556. The library
was kept in the choir, beneath which the palsgraves and
electors with their consorts were generally entombed,
since the time of Robert III. This church suffered con-
siderably by the depredations, committed in it, in the
afore-mentioned war, especially in 1693. The quiet resting-
places of the dead were turned up, the coffins broke open
and robbed of their ornaments, the tomb and other beau-
tiful monuments demolished, the bones scattered about,
the altars profaned, and when, at last, the unfortunate
inhabitants of the town took refuge to it from the general
destruction, set fire to the roof. Not before this threatened
to fall down upon the poor sufferers, the doors, which had
been carefully locked and guarded, were opened, to enable
the poor wretches to save theirlives. The town and country
had scarcely recovered in some measure from the ruinous
horrors of this war, than disputes arose between the Cal-
vinists and Roman Catholics, both of whom claimed the
exclusive possession of it, which caused it to be pro-
nounced by John William simultaneous property, the
church being separated (1105), by a wall and the nave
assigned to the Calvinists, whilst the Roman Catholics
were put in possession of the rest; but when Charles Phi-
lip claimed the whole church for the Roman Catholics,
and took possession of it violently, causing the wall which
separated the nave from the choir to be pulled down (1719),
the Protestants applied for protection to the Imperial
Chamber and the protestant princes. The elector was
obliged to yield, and left (1720) Heidelberg with indig-
nation, to make Mannheim his residence, and to render
it the capital of the Electoral Palatinate. The partition-
wall was now restored, and both confessions shared again