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LEER , a See also:town and See also:river See also:port in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Hanover, lying in a fertile See also:plain on the right See also:bank of the See also:Leda near its confluence with the See also:Ems, and at the junction of See also:railways to See also:Bremen, See also:Emden and See also:Munster. Pop. (1905) 12,347: The streets are broad, well paved, and adorned with many elegant buildings, among which are See also:Roman See also:Catholic, Lutheran and Calvinist churches, and a new town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall with a See also:tower 165 ft. high. Among its educational establishments are a classical school and a school of See also:navigation. See also:Linen and woollen fabrics, See also:hosiery, See also:paper, cigars, See also:soap, See also:vinegar and earthenware are manufactured, and there are See also:iron-foundries, distilleries, tanneries and See also:shipbuilding yards. Many markets for horses and See also:cattle are held. The transit See also:trade from the regions traversed by the Westphalian and See also:Oldenburg railways is considerable. The See also:principal exports are cattle, horses, See also:cheese, See also:butter, See also:honey, See also:wax, See also:flour, paper, hardware and Westphalian See also:coal. Leer is one of the principal ports for steamboat communication with the See also:North See also:Sea watering-places of See also:Borkum and See also:Norderney. Leer is a very old See also:place, although it only obtained municipal privileges in 1823. Near the town is the Plitenberg, formerly a See also:heathen place of See also:sacrifice.
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