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HAGENAU , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the imperial See also:province of See also:Alsace-See also:Lorraine, situated in the See also:middle of the Hagenau See also:Forest, on the Moder, and on the railway from See also:Strassburg to See also:Weissenburg, 10 m. N.N.E. of the former See also:city. Pop. (1905), 18,500. It has .two Evangelical and two See also:ancient See also:Catholic churches (one dating from the 12th, the other from the 13th See also:century), a gymnasium, a public library, a See also:hospital, and a See also:theatre. The See also:principal See also:industries are See also:wool and See also:cotton See also:spinning, and the manufacture of See also:porcelain, earthenware, boots, See also:soap, oil, sparkling wines and See also:beer. There is also considerable See also:trade in hops and' vegetables. Hagenau is an important military centre and has a large See also:garrison, including three See also:artillery battalions. Hagenau See also:dates from the beginning of the 12th century, and owes its origin to the erection of a See also:hunting See also:lodge by the See also:dukes of See also:Swabia. The See also:emperor See also:Frederick I. surrounded it with walls and gave it town rights in 1154. Oh the site of the hunting lodge he founded an imperial See also:palace, in which were preserved the jewelled imperial See also:crown, See also:sceptre, imperial globe, and See also:sword of See also:Charlemagne. Subsequently it became the seat of the Landvogt of Hagenau, the imperial advocatus in See also:Lower Alsace.

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Richard of See also:Cornwall, See also:king of the See also:Romans, made it an imperial city in 1257. In 1648 it came into the See also:possession of See also:France, and in 1673 See also:Louis NIV. caused the fortifications to be razed. In 1675 it was captured by imperial troops, but in 1677 it was retaken by the See also:French and nearly all destroyed by See also:fire. In 1871 it See also:fell, with the See also:rest of Alsace-Lorraine, into the possession of Germany.

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