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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 957 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MUHLHAUSEN , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in Prussian Thuringia, on the right See also:bank of the Unstrut, 25 M. N.W. of See also:Gotha by See also:rail. Pop. (1905), 34359. It consists of a new and an old town, surrounded by five suburbs, and has numerous old churches and towers. The most interesting churches are those of St See also:Mary and of St See also:Blasius, dating respectively from the 14th and the 12th See also:century; the town-See also:hall is also a See also:fine See also:medieval structure. The See also:chief See also:industries are the See also:spinning and See also:weaving of woollen and See also:cotton. Other manufactures include needles, machinery, cigars, See also:soap, See also:hosiery, See also:furniture and shoes. There are also establishments for See also:dyeing, tanning, See also:lime-burning, See also:iron-making, See also:brewing and the preparation of See also:liqueurs. Muhlhausen is one of the See also:oldest towns in Thuringia, and is said to have been fortified in 925. Its See also:early importance is shown by the See also:grant of privileges made to it by the See also:German See also:King See also:Henry I., and by the See also:diet held here in 1135. During the See also:Reformation See also:period Muhlhausen became notorious as one of the chief seats of the See also:Anabaptists.

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Thomas See also:Munzer, one of their leaders, was captured in the vicinity and executed in the town. See also:Internal dissensions and injuries received during the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War and the Seven Years' War afterwards reduced Muhlhausen to unimportance. In 1802 it lost its See also:independence and passed to See also:Prussia, in 1807 it was attached to the See also:kingdom of See also:Westphalia, but in 1815 it again became Prussian. The See also:Teutonic See also:Order established itself at Muhlhausen in 1200. See E. Heydenreich, Aus der Geschichte der Reichsstadt Miihlhausen (See also:Halle, 1900) ; Nebelsieck, Reformationsgeschichte der Stadt Muhlhausen (See also:Magdeburg, 2905) ; Herquet, Urkundenbuch der ehemaligen freien Reichsstadt Muhlhausen (Halle, 18744) ; F. See also:Stephan, Verfassungsgeschichte der Reichsstadt Muhlhausen (See also:Sondershausen, 1886) ; See also:Jordan, Chronik der Stadt Muhlhausen (Muhlhausen, 1900-1906); and Fuhrer durch Muhlhausen and Umgegend (Not).

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