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TANGERMUNDE

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 397 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TANGERMUNDE , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Saxony, on the See also:Elbe, 43 M. N.E. from See also:Magdeburg by See also:rail via See also:Stendal. Pop. (1905) 12,829. It contains See also:iron foundries, See also:shipbuilding yards, refineries, and other See also:industrial establishments, and enjoys a considerable See also:river See also:trade in See also:grain and See also:coal. It is ornamented by numerous See also:brick buildings of the 14th and 15th centuries, including the turreted walls, the See also:church of St See also:Stephen (1376), and the See also:late See also:Gothic town See also:hall. The See also:castle, built in the 14th See also:century, was the See also:chief See also:residence of the margraves of See also:Brandenburg. See Gaze, Geschichte der See also:Burg Tangermiinde (Stendal, 1871).

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