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DRIBURG

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 579 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DRIBURG , a See also:

town and See also:spa of See also:Germany, in Prussian See also:Westphalia, pleasantly situated on the Aa and the railway See also:Soest-See also:Hoxter-See also:Berlin. Pop. 2600. It has an Evangelical and a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:church and some See also:glass manufactures. It is celebrated for its saline-ferruginous springs, discovered in 766, and since 1779 largely frequented in summer. In the vicinity are the ruins of Iburg, a See also:castle destroyed by See also:Charlemagne in 775, and bestowed by him upon the bishopric of See also:Paderborn.

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