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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 394 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SCHWERTE , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Westphalia, 9 M. by See also:rail N.E. of See also:Hagen, at the junction of the lines See also:Aix-la-Chapelle-See also:Holzminden and Schwerte-See also:Cassel. Pop. (1905) 13,015. It has a Romanesque See also:church, with a carved See also:altar of 1523, and stained See also:glass of the 14th and 15th centuries; and there is a 16th See also:century town See also:hall. The See also:industries are practically confined to the manufacture of See also:iron and See also:steel goods. Schwerte received civic rights in the 12th century.

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