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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 777 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BERKA , a See also:

town and watering-See also:place of See also:Germany, in the See also:grand-duchy of See also:Saxe-See also:Weimar, on the Ilm and the Weimar-Kranichfeld railway, 8 m. S. of Weimar. Pop. 2300. It has See also:sulphur See also:baths, which are largely frequented in the summer. Berka was once celebrated for its Cistercian nunnery, founded in 1251. Two m. down the Ilm is the curious See also:castle of Burgfarth, partly hewn out of the solid See also:rock.

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