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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 358 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SCHONEBERG , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Brandenburg, forming a suburb of See also:Berlin, which it adjoins on the See also:south-See also:west. Pop. (1905) 141,010. It has four churches, a statue of the See also:emperor See also:William I. and several educational establishments. It contains the railway station of the military See also:line to Zossen and is connected with the See also:metropolis by electric trams and omnibuses. Its See also:chief manufactures are railway plant, cigars, See also:soap, See also:paper and chemicals. The See also:foundation of Alt-Schonberg is ascribed to See also:Albert the See also:Bear, See also:margrave of Brandenburg, in the 12th See also:century, while Neu-Schoneberg was founded by See also:Frederick the See also:Great in 175o to accommodate some Bohemian weavers exiled for their See also:religion. It was made a town in 1898.

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