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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 836 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Saxony, on the Lobau See also:water, 12 M. S.E. of the town of See also:Bautzen, on the. See also:Dresden-See also:GOrlitz railway. Pop. (1905) ro,683. There is a See also:spa, See also:Konig See also:Albert-See also:Bad, largely frequented during the summer See also:season. The town has agricultural See also:implement, See also:pianoforte, See also:sugar, See also:machine-See also:building and See also:button See also:works; and See also:trade in See also:grain, See also:yarn, See also:linen and stockings. Other See also:industries are See also:spinning, See also:weaving, See also:dyeing, . See also:bleaching and See also:brewing. Lobau is first mentioned as a town in 1221; it received civic rights See also:early in the 14th See also:century and, in 1346, became one of the six allied towns of See also:Lusatia. It suffered severely during the Hussite See also:war and was deprived of its rights in 1547. See Bergmann, Geschichte der Oberlausitzer Sechsstadt Lobau (See also:Bischofswerda, 1896); and Kretschmer, See also:Die Stadt Lobau (See also:Chemnitz, 1904).

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