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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 441 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NEUSALZ , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Silesia, on the See also:Oder, 20 M. by See also:rail N.W. of See also:Glogau. Pop. (19o5) See also:Roman Catholics. The See also:chief See also:industries are tanning, See also:dyeing and the manufacture of See also:damask, See also:linen, woollen stuffs, See also:leather and See also:beer. In 1745, 1760 and 1779 engagements between the Austrians and Prussians took See also:place near See also:Neustadt, which on the last occasion was bombarded and set on See also:fire. See Weitzel, Geschichte der Stadt Neustadt (Neustadt, 1870). NEUSTADT-AN-DER-HAARDT, a town of Germany, in the Bavarian See also:Palatinate, picturesquely situated under the eastern slope of the Haardt Mountains and at the mouth of the valley of the Speyerbach, 14 M. W. of See also:Spires, and at the junction of railway lines to See also:Worms, See also:Weissenburg and Monsheim. Pop. (19os) 18,576. It has four churches, two Evangelical and two Roman See also:Catholic. The See also:Protestant See also:abbey See also:church, a See also:fine See also:Gothic edifice dating from the 14th See also:century, contains the tombs of several of the See also:counts See also:palatine of the See also:Rhine.

The Roman Catholic Ludwigskirche is a See also:

modern Gothic structure. The chief industries of the town are See also:cloth, See also:paper, See also:furniture, See also:soap, See also:starch and hats. It has also breweries and distilleries. A brisk See also:trade is carried on in See also:wood, See also:grain, See also:fruit and See also:wine, all of which are extensively produced in the vicinity. Neustadt, which became a town in 1275, is one of the centres of the Rhenish " See also:grape-cure," and thus attracts numerous visitors. NEU-See also:STETTIN, a town of Germany, in the Prussian province of See also:Pomerania, on the small Streitzig See also:lake, 90 in. by rail N.E. of Stettin, at the junction of See also:railways to See also:Belgard, See also:Posen and Stolpmunde. Pop. (1905) 10,785. Its industries are See also:iron-See also:founding, dyeing, See also:brewing and the manufacture of machinery, soap and matches. There is a considerable trade in See also:cattle, grain and other agricultural produce, and in See also:timber and See also:spirits. Neu-Stettin was founded in 1313 by Wratislaus, See also:duke of Pomerania, on the See also:model of Stettin, See Wilcke, Chronik der Stadt Neu-Stettin (Neu-Stettin, 1862) ; and F. W.

Kasiski, Beschreibung der vaterlandischen Alterthumer in Neu-Stettin (See also:

Danzig, 1881). NEU-See also:STRELITZ, a town of Germany, See also:capital of the See also:grand-duchy of See also:Mecklenburg-Strelitz, situated between two small lakes, the Zierker See and the Glambecker See, 6o m. N. of See also:Berlin, on the railway to See also:Stralsund, at the junction of lines to Warnemtinde and Buschhof. Pop. (1905) 11,656. It is built in the See also:form of a See also:star, the eight rays converging on a See also:market-place adorned with a statue of the grand-duke See also:George (d. 186o). The ducal See also:residence is a handsome edifice in a pseudo-classical See also:style, with a library of 75,000 volumes, and collections of coins and antiquities. Other buildings are the churches (two Evangelical and one Roman Catholic), the Carolinum (a large See also:hospital), the town See also:hall, the See also:barracks, the gymnasium and the See also:theatre. Its manufactures are iron-See also:ware, machinery, pottery, beer and See also:mineral See also:waters. Its trade, chiefly in See also:corn, See also:meal and timber, is facilitated by the Zierker See and by a See also:canal connecting the town with the See also:Havel and the Elde. About 11 m. to the See also:south lies Alt-Strelitz, the former capital of the duchy, a small town the inhabitants of which are employed in the manufacture of See also:tobacco, leather and See also:wax candles.

Neu-Strelitz was not founded till 1726. In the vicinity is the See also:

chateau of Hohen-Zieritz, where See also:Queen See also:Louise of See also:Prussia died in 181o.

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