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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 896 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HAMM ,. a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Westphalia, on the See also:Lippe, 19 M. by See also:rail N.E. from See also:Dortmund on the See also:main See also:line See also:Cologne-See also:Hanover. Pop. (19o5) 38430. It is surrounded by pleasant promenades occupying the site of the former engirdling fortifications. The See also:principal buildings are four See also:Roman See also:Catholic and three Evangelical churches, several See also:schools and an infirmary. The town is flourishing and rapidly increasing, and possesses very extensive See also:wire factories (in connexion with which there are puddling and See also:rolling See also:works), See also:machine works, and manufactories of gloves, baskets, See also:leather, See also:starch, chemicals, See also:varnish, oil and See also:beer. Near the town are some thermal See also:baths. Hamm, which became a town about the end of the 12th See also:century, was originally the See also:capital of the countship of See also:Mark, and was fortified in 1226. It became a member of the Hanseatic See also:League. In 1614 it was besieged by the Dutch, and it was several times taken and retaken during the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War. In 1666 it came into the See also:possession of See also:Brandenburg. In 1761 and 1762 it was bombarded by the See also:French, and in 1763 its fortifications were dismantled.

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