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MAYEN , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:Rhine See also:province, on the See also:northern declivity of the See also:Eifel range, 16 m. W. from See also:Coblenz, on the railway See also:Andernach-See also:Gerolstein. Pop. (1905), 13,435. It is still partly surrounded by See also:medieval walls, and the ruins of a See also:castle rise above the town. There are some small See also:industries, embracing textile manufactures, oil See also:mills and tanneries, and a See also:trade in See also:wine, while near the town are extensive quarries of See also:basalt. Having been a See also:Roman See also:settlement, Mayen became a town in 1291. In 1689 it was destroyed by the See also:French. End of Article: MAYENAdditional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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