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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 57 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VIERSEN , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:Rhine See also:province, II m. by See also:rail S.W. from See also:Crefeld, and at the junction of lines to Mtinchen-See also:Gladbach, See also:Venlo, &c. Pop. (1905) 27,577. It has an evangelical and four See also:Roman See also:Catholic churches, among the latter the handsome See also:parish See also:church dating from the 15th See also:century, and various educational establishments. Viersen is one of the See also:chief seats in the See also:lower Rhine See also:country for the manufacture of velvets, silks (especially See also:umbrella covers) and See also:plush.

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