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MALMEDY

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 493 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MALMEDY , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:Rhine See also:Province, lying in a See also:wild and deep See also:basin, on the Warche, 20 M. S. of See also:Aix-la-Chapelle by See also:rail via See also:Eupen. It contains two See also:Roman See also:Catholic churches, a See also:modern town-See also:hall and a classical school. Its See also:industries include tanning, See also:dyeing and See also:paper-making. Pop. (1900), 4680. Malmedy was famous for its See also:Benedictine See also:abbey, founded about 675, which was See also:united with that of Stablo, the See also:abbot of the See also:joint See also:house being a See also:prince of the See also:empire. In 1802 the lands of the abbey passed to See also:France, and in 1815 they were divided between See also:Prussia and See also:Netherlands. See Kellen, Malmedy and See also:die preussische Wallonie (See also:Essen, 1897).

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