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ROSENHEIM

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 735 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ROSENHEIM , a See also:

town and watering-See also:place of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Bavaria, situated at the confluence of the Mangfall and the See also:Inn, 40 M. by See also:rail S.E. of See also:Munich. Pop. (1905) 15,403. It is an interesting town, with many See also:medieval houses. Among its seven churches the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:parish See also:church, with a curious See also:cupola and containing numerous old tombs and See also:effigies, and that of the See also:Holy See also:Ghost (15th See also:century), are remarkable. There are a monastery, two convents, several See also:schools and a See also:hospital. Rosenheim is frequented for its saline and See also:sulphur See also:baths, and there are important saltworks, the brine being conveyed from See also:Reichenhall in pipes; it has also See also:machine factories, metalworks and breweries. Cordage is manufactured, and there is a See also:trade in See also:cattle and See also:grain. Although founded in the 12th century Rosenheim did not become a town until 1864. See Ditterich, Rosenheim in Oberbayern (Munich, 1870), and Eid, Aus Altrosenheim (Rosenheim, 1906).

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