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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 16 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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FRANKENHAUSEN , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Germany, in the principality of Schwarzburg-See also:

RUDOLSTADT

Rudolstadt, on an artificial See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm of the Wipper, a tributary of the See also:

SAALE

Saale, 36 m. N.N.E. of See also:

GOTHA

Gotha. Pop. (1905) 6534. It consists of an old and a new town, the latter mostly rebuilt since a destructive See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 1833, and has an old See also:

CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

chateau of the princes of Schwarzburg, three See also:

PROTESTANT

Protestant churches, a See also:

SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary for teachers, a See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital and a See also:

MODERN

modern town-See also:

hall. Its See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries include the manufacture of See also:

SUGAR

sugar, cigars and buttons, and there are brine springs, with See also:

BATHS

baths, in the vicinity. At Frankenhausen a See also:

BATTLE

battle was fought on the 15th of May 1525, in which the insurgent peasants under See also:

Thomas See also:

MUNZER, THOMAS (c. 1489-1525)

Munzer were defeated by the allied princes of See also:

Saxony and See also:

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