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RORSCHACH

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 720 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RORSCHACH , a busy commercial See also:

town in the Swiss See also:canton of St See also:Gall, situated on the See also:south-See also:west See also:shore of the See also:Lake of See also:Con-stance, and by See also:rail 62 m. N.E. of See also:Zurich, 10 m. S.E. of See also:Romans-See also:horn and 57 M. N. of See also:Coire. In 1900 its See also:population was 9140, mostly See also:German-speaking, while there were 5935 Romanists to 3139 Protestants. From 1408 to 1798 it belonged to the See also:abbot of St Gall, and then to the canton Santis (named canton of St Gall in 1803) of the Helvetic See also:Republic. It has always been a See also:great commercial centre, though now superseded by See also:Romanshorn as regards the See also:corn See also:trade. It has many See also:industrial establishments, of which the See also:chief is one for the manufacture of See also:lace and See also:muslin. Above the town is the old See also:convent of Mariaberg, originally built in the 15th See also:century as a See also:refuge for the monks of St Gall against the turbulent citizens of that town, but now a See also:seminary for teachers. From Rorschach a cogwheel railway runs south-See also:east in 4; M. Up to Heiden, a See also:village in the canton of See also:Appenzell well known for its goats' whey cure. (W.

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