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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 115 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GLAUCHAU , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Germany, in the See also:

KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

Saxony, on the right See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

MULDE

Mulde, 7 M. N. of See also:

ZWICKAU

Zwickau and 17 W. of See also:

Chemnitz by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (1875) 21,743; (1905) 24,556. It has important manufactures of woollen and See also:

HALF

half-woollen goods, in regard to which it occupies a high position in Germany. There are also dye-See also:

WORKS

works, See also:

PRINT

print-works, and manufactories of See also:

paper, See also:

LINEN

linen, See also:

THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

thread and machinery. Glauchau possesses a high grade school, elementary See also:

SCHOOLS

schools, a See also:

WEAVING

weaving school, an orphanage and an infirmary. Some portions of the extensive old See also:

castle date from the 12th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and the Gottesacker See also:

church contains interesting antiquarian See also:

RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics. Glauchau was founded by a See also:

COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony of See also:

SORBS

Sorbs and See also:

WENDS

Wends, and belonged to the lords of Schonburg as See also:

early as the 12th century. See R. See also:

Hofmann, Riickblick fiber See also:

die Geschichte der Stadt Glauchau (1897).

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