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MERSEBURG

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 174 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MERSEBURG , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Saxony, on the See also:river See also:Saale, Io m. by See also:rail S. of See also:Halle and 15 m. W. of See also:Leipzig. Pop. (1905), 20,024. It consists of a See also:quaint and irregularly built old town, a, new See also:quarter, and two extensive suburbs, See also:Altenburg and Neumarkt. The See also:cathedral, which was restored in 1884-1886, has a See also:choir, a See also:crypt and two towers of the 11th, a See also:transept of the 13th and a See also:late See also:Gothic See also:nave of the 16th See also:century. Among its numerous monuments is one to See also:Rudolph of See also:Swabia, the See also:rival of the See also:emperor See also:Henry IV. It contains a See also:great See also:organ dating from the 17th century. Near the cathedral is the Gothic See also:palace, formerly the See also:residence of the bishops of Merseburg, and now used as public offices. The town See also:hall and the Standehaus, where the meetings of the provincial estates were held, are also noteworthy buildings. The See also:industries include the manufacture of machinery, See also:paper and celluloid, and tanning and See also:brewing. Merseburg is one of the See also:oldest towns in Germany.

From 968 until the See also:

Reformation, it was the seat of a See also:bishop, and in addition to being for a See also:time the residence of the margraves of See also:Meissen, it was a favourite residence of the See also:German See also:kings during the See also:roth, i 1th and 12th centuries. Fifteen diets were held here during the See also:middle ages, when its fairs enjoyed the importance which was afterwards transferred to those of Leipzig. The town suffered severely during the Peasants' See also:War and also during the See also:Thirty Years' War. From 1657 to 1738 it was the residence of the See also:dukes of See also:Saxe-Merseburg. See E. See also:Hoffmann, IZistorische Nachrichten aus Alt-Merseburg (Mers°See also:burg, 1903).

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