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SALZWEDEL

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 106 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SALZWEDEL , a See also:

town in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Saxony, in a See also:plain on the navigable Jeetze, a tributary of the See also:Elbe, 32 in. N.W. of See also:Stendal and 1o6 m. by See also:rail N.W. of See also:Berlin, on the See also:line to See also:Bremen. Pop. (1905) 11,122. Salzwedel is partly surrounded by See also:medieval walls and See also:gates. The See also:church of St See also:Mary is a See also:fine See also:Gothic structure of the 13th See also:century with five naves and a lofty See also:spire. The old town See also:hall, burnt down in 1895, has been replaced by a See also:modern edifice. The See also:industries include See also:linen and See also:damask See also:weaving, tanning, See also:brewing and the manufacture of pins, chemicals and machinery, and a brisk See also:river See also:trade is carried on in agricultural produce. Salzwedel, formerly Soltwedel, was founded by the See also:Saxons, and was from 1070 to 1170 the See also:capital of the old or See also:north See also:Mark, also for a See also:time called the " mark of Soltwedel," the See also:kernel of See also:Brandenburg-See also:Prussia. The old See also:castle, perhaps founded by See also:Charlemagne, was See also:purchased in 1864 by the See also:king of Prussia. Salzwedel was also a member of the Hanseatic See also:League, and at the beginning of the 16th century seems to have transacted a See also:great See also:part of the inland See also:commerce of North See also:Germany. See Pohlmann, Geschichte der Stadt Salzwedel (See also:Halle, '8''), and Danneil, Geschichte der kOniglichen See also:Burg zu Salzwedel (Salzwedel, 1865).

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