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DIEDENHOFEN (Fr. Thionville)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 209 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DIEDENHOFEN (Fr. Thionville) , a fortified See also:town of See also:Germany, in See also:Alsace-Lorn:;ne, dist. See also:Lorraine, on the See also:Mosel, 22 M. N. from See also:Metz by See also:rail. Pop. (1905) 6047. It is a railway junction ofsome consequence, with cultivation of vines, See also:fruit and vegetables, See also:brewing, tanning, &c. Diedenhofen is an See also:ancient See also:Frank town (Theudonevilla, Totonisvilla), in which imperial diets were held in the 8th See also:century; was captured by See also:Conde in 1643 and fortified by See also:Vauban; capitulated to the Prussians, after a severe See also:bombardment, on the 25th of See also:November 187o.

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