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EILENBURG

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 134 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EILENBURG , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Saxony, on an See also:island formed by the See also:Mulde, 31 M. E. from See also:Halle, at the junction of the See also:railways Halle-See also:Cottbus and See also:Leipzig-Eilenburg. Pop. (1905) 15,145. There are three churches, two Evangelical and one See also:Roman See also:Catholic. The See also:industries of the town include the manufacture of chemicals, See also:cloth, quilting, See also:calico, cigars and agricultural implements, See also:bleaching, See also:dyeing, See also:basket-making, See also:carriage-See also:building and See also:trade in See also:cattle. In the neighbourhood is the See also:iron foundry of Erwinhof. Opposite the town, on the steep See also:left See also:bank of the Mulde, is the See also:castle from which it derives its name, the See also:original seat of the See also:noble See also:family of Eulenburg. This castle (Ilburg) is mentioned in records of the reigns of See also:Henry the See also:Fowler as an important outpost against the See also:Sorbs and See also:Wends. The town itself, originally called Mildenau, is of See also:great antiquity. It is first mentioned as a town in 981, when it belonged to the See also:house of See also:Wettin and was the See also:chief town of the See also:East See also:Mark. In 1386 it was incorporated in the margraviate of See also:Meissen.

In 1815 it passed to See also:

Prussia. See Gundermann, Chronik der Stadt Eilenburg (Eilenburg, 1879).

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