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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 272 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DILLINGEN , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Bavaria, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Danube, 25 M. N.E. from See also:Ulm, on the railway to See also:Ingolstadt. Pop. (1905) 6078. Its See also:principal buildings are an old See also:palace, formerly the See also:residence of the bishops of See also:Augsburg and now See also:government offices, a royal gymnasium, a Latin school with a library of 75,000 volumes, seven churches (six See also:Roman See also:Catholic), two episcopal seminaries, a Capuchin monastery, a Franciscan See also:convent and a See also:deaf and dumb See also:asylum. The university, founded in 1549, was abolished in 1804, being converted into a See also:lyceum. The inhabitants are engaged in See also:cattle-rearing, the cultivation of See also:corn, hops and See also:fruit, See also:shipbuilding and the See also:shipping See also:trade, and the manufacture of See also:cloth, See also:paper and See also:cutlery. In the vicinity is the Karolinen See also:canal, which cuts off a See also:bend in the Danube between Lauingen and Dillingen. In 1488 Dillingen became the residence of the bishops of Augsburg; was taken by the Swedes in 1632 and 1648, by the Austrians in 1702, and on the 17th of See also:June 1800 by the See also:French. In 1803 it passed to Bavaria.

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