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FRIEDBERG , the name of two towns in See also:

Germany. 1. A small See also:town in Upper See also:Bavaria, with an old See also:castle, known mainly as the See also:scene of See also:Moreau's victory of the 24th of See also:August 1796 over the Austrians. 2. FRIEDBERG IN DER WETTERAU, in the See also:grand duchy of See also:Hesse-See also:Darmstadt, on an See also:eminence above the Usa, 14 M. N. of See also:Frankfort-on-See also:Main, on the railway to See also:Cassel and at the junction of a See also:line to See also:Hanau. Pop. (1905) 7702. It is a picturesque town, still surrounded by old walls and towers, and contains many See also:medieval buildings, of which the beautiful See also:Gothic town See also:church (Evangelical) and the old castle are especially noteworthy. The grand-ducal See also:palace has a beautiful See also:garden. The See also:schools include technical and agricultural See also:academies and a teachers' See also:seminary. It has manufactures of See also:sugar, gloves and See also:leather, and breweries.

Friedberg is of See also:

Roman origin, but is first mentioned as a town in the Iith See also:century. In 1211 it became a See also:free imperial See also:city, but in 1349 was pledged to the See also:counts of See also:Schwarz-See also:burg, and subsequently often changed hands, eventually in 1802 passing to Ilesse-Darmstadt. See Dieffenbach, Geschichte der Stadt and Burg Friedberg (Darms., 1857).

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