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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 411 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LEMGO , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Germany, in the principality of See also:

LIPPE

Lippe, in a broad and fertile See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, 9 M. N. from Detmold and on the railway See also:

HAMELN

Hameln-Lage. Pop. (1900) 884o. Its somewhat gloomy aspect, enhanced by the tortuous narrow lanes flanked by gabled houses of the 15th See also:

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

century, has gained for it among countryfolk the See also:

SOBRIQUET

sobriquet of the " Witches' See also:

NEST

nest " (Hexen-Nest). It is replete with See also:

INTEREST

interest for the antiquarian. It has four Evangelical churches, two with curiously leaning, See also:

lead-covered See also:

SPIRES (Ger. Speyer or Speier)

spires; an old town-See also:

hall; a gymnasium; and several philanthropic and religious institutions. Among the latter is the Jungfrauenstift, of which a princess of the reigning See also:

house of Lippe-Detmold has always been See also:

LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady See also:

SUPERIOR

superior since 1306. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry of Lemgo is the manufacture of See also:

MEERSCHAUM

meerschaum pipes, which has attained here a high See also:

pitch of excellence; other See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries are See also:

WEAVING

weaving, See also:

BREWING

brewing and the manufacture of See also:

leather and cigars. The town was a member of the Hanseatic See also:

LEAGUE

league.

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