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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 554 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HOCHHEIM , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Hesse-See also:Nassau, situated on an See also:elevation not far from the right See also:bank of the See also:Main, 3 M. above its influx into the See also:Rhine and 3 M. E. of See also:Mainz by the railway from See also:Cassel to See also:Frankfort-on-Main. Pop. (1905) 3779. It has an Evangelical and a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:church, and carries on an extensive See also:trade in See also:wine, the See also:English word " Hock," the generic See also:term for Rhine wine, being derived from its name. Hochheim is mentioned in the See also:chronicles as See also:early as the 7th See also:century. It is also memorable as the See also:scene of a victory gained here, on the 7th of See also:November 1813 by the Austrians over the See also:French. See Schuler, Geschiclzte der Stadt Hochheim am Main (Hochheim, 1888).

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