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BARMEN , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:Rhine See also:province and the governmental See also:district of See also:Dusseldorf. Pop. (1816) 19,030; (1890) 116,144; (1905) 156,148. It is served by the See also:main railway from See also:Berlin to See also:Aix-la-Chapelle, and lies immediately See also:east of See also:Elberfeld, with which it virtually forms one town. It stretches for some 4 M. along the narrow valley of the See also:river See also:Wupper, which, within the municipal boundaries, is crossed by twenty See also:bridges. High wooded hills surround it. It is divided into three main districts, Upper, See also:Middle and See also:Lower Barmen, and is connected, throughout its length, with Elberfeld, by railway, See also:tramway, and a suspended trolley See also:line, See also:hanging over the See also:bed of the Wupper. It contains nine Evangelical and two See also:Roman See also:Catholic churches, a stately See also:modern town See also:hall, a Hall of Fame (Ruhmes-See also:halle), with statues of the emperors See also:William I. and See also:Frederick III., a See also:theatre, a picture-See also:gallery, an ethnographical museum, and ar See also:exchange. There are many public monuments, one to See also:Bismarck another to the poet Emil Rittershaus (1834-1897), a native of the town, and one commemorative of the Franco-See also:German See also:War of 1870-71. There are several high-grade public See also:schools, See also:academies of technical See also:science, See also:engineering and textile See also:industry, and a missionary theological See also:seminary. Barmen is one of the most important manufacturing centres of Germany. The rapid development of its commercial activity only See also:dates from the beginning of the 19th See also:century.

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chief seat of ribbon See also:weaving in Germany, and manufactures See also:thread, See also:lace, braids, See also:cotton and See also:cloth goods, carpets, silks, machinery, See also:steel wares, plated goods and buttons, the last industry employing about 15,000 hands. There are numerous See also:bleaching-See also:fields, See also:print-fields and dyeworks famous for their See also:Turkey-red, See also:soap See also:works, chemical works and See also:potteries. There are also extensive breweries. Its export See also:trade, particularly to the See also:United States, is very consider-able. The hills lying S. of the town are laid out in public grounds. Here are a See also:health resort, a See also:tower commanding an extensive view, and numerous villas. Barmen, although mentioned in See also:chronicles in the 11th century, did not attain civic rights until 18o8, when it was formed into a See also:municipality by the See also:grand-See also:duke of See also:Berg. See A. See also:Shadwell, See also:Industrial Efficiency (1906), for a See also:good description of the industrial aspect.

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