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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 239 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RHEYDT , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:Rhine See also:province, situated on the Niers, 19 M. W. of See also:Dusseldorf, on the See also:main See also:line of railway to See also:Aix-la-Chapelle, and at the junction of lines to See also:Crefeld and See also:Stolberg. Pop. (1905) 40,149. It has two See also:Roman See also:Catholic and two Evangelical churches, a handsome new town See also:hall (1895), a gymnasium, and several technical See also:schools. The See also:principal products of its numerous factories are See also:silk, See also:cotton, woollen and mixed fabrics, See also:velvet, See also:iron goods, machinery, shoes, cables, See also:soap and cigars. See also:Dyeing and See also:finishing, See also:brewing and distilling, are also carried on. Rheydt is an See also:ancient See also:place, but its See also:industrial importance is of very See also:recent growth, and it only received municipal rights in 1856. See Rheyter Chronik. Geschichte der Herrschaft and Stadt Rheydt (2 vols., Rheydt, 1897) ; and See also:Strauss, Geschichte der Stadt Rheydt (Rheydt, 1897).

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