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BITTERFELD

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 13 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BITTERFELD , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Saxony, 26 m. N. from See also:Leipzig by See also:rail, on the See also:river See also:Mulde, and an important junction of See also:railways from Leipzig and See also:Halle to See also:Berlin. Pop. (1900) 11,839. It manufactures drain-pipes, See also:paper-roofing and machinery, and has saw-See also:mills. Several See also:coal-mines are in the vicinity. The town was built by a See also:colony of Flemish immigrants in 1153. It was captured by the See also:land-See also:grave of. See also:Meissen in 1476, and belonged thenceforth to Saxony, until it was ceded to See also:Prussia in 1815. Owing to its pleasant situation and accessibility, it has become a favourite See also:residence of business men of Leipzig and Halle.

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