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GERMERSHEIM , a fortified See also:

town of See also:Germany in Rhenish See also:Bavaria, at the confluence of the Queich and the See also:Rhine, 8 m. S. W. of Speyer. Pop. (1905) 5914. It possesses a See also:Roman See also:Catholic and an Evangelical See also:church, a See also:synagogue, a progymnasium and a See also:hospital. The See also:industries include fishing, See also:shipbuilding and See also:brewing. Germersheim existed as a Roman stronghold under the name of Vicus See also:Julius. The citadel was rebuilt by the See also:emperor See also:Conrad II., but the town itself was founded in 1276 by the emperor See also:Rudolph I., who granted it the rights of a See also:free imperial See also:city. From 1330 to 1622, when it was conquered by See also:Austria, the town formed See also:part of the See also:Palatinate of the Rhine. From 1644 to 1650 it was in the See also:possession of See also:France; but on the conclusion of the See also:peace of See also:Westphalia it was again joined to the Palatinate. In 1674 it was captured and devastated by the See also:French under See also:Turenne, and after the See also:death of the elector See also:Charles (1685) it was claimed by the French as a dependency of See also:Alsace.

As a consequence there ensued the disastrous Germersheim See also:

war of See also:succession, which lasted till the peace of See also:Ryswick in 1697. Through the intervention of the See also:pope in 1702, the French, on See also:payment of a large sum, agreed to vacate the town, and in 1715 its fortifications were rebuilt. On the 3rd of See also:July 1744 the French were defeated there by the imperial troops, and on the 19th and 22nd of July 1793 by the Austrians. In 1835 the new town was built, and the See also:present fortifications begun. See Probst, Geschichte der Stadt and Festung Germersheim (Speyer, 1898).

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