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RAWITSCH (Polish Ravicz)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 928 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RAWITSCH (See also:Polish Ravicz) , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Posen, lying near the Silesian frontier, 37 M. N. of See also:Breslau, at the junction of See also:railways to Posen and See also:Liegnitz. Pop. (1905) 11,403. It contains a handsome See also:Protestant See also:church and a See also:medieval town See also:hall. The See also:principal See also:industry is the manufacture of See also:snuff and cigars, and for the former it enjoys a considerable reputation. See also:Trade is carried on in See also:grain, See also:wool, See also:cattle, hides, and See also:timber. Rawitsch was founded by Protestant refugees from See also:Silesia during the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War. It passed to See also:Prussia at the second See also:partition of See also:Poland in 1793.

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