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WEISSENBURG

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WEISSENBURG , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the imperial See also:province of See also:Alsace-See also:Lorraine, See also:district of See also:Lower Alsace, on the Lauter, at the See also:foot of the eastern slope of the See also:Vosges Mountains, 42 M. N.E. of See also:Strassburg by the railway See also:Basel-Strassburg-See also:Mannheim. Pop. (19oo) 6946. The beautiful See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:abbey See also:church of SS. See also:Peter and See also:Paul, dating from the 13th See also:century, contains some See also:fine See also:early stained See also:glass. The See also:industries include the manufacture of See also:paper, matches, stockings and See also:beer, and hops and See also:wine are also extensively cultivated. Weissenburg See also:grew up See also:round a See also:Benedictine abbey which was founded in the 7th century by Dagobert II. and became the seat of a famous school. Here Otfrid, who was a native of the district, completed (c. 868) his Old High See also:German See also:Gospel See also:book (see GERMAN LITERATURE). The town became a See also:free imperial See also:city in 1305. It has been the See also:scene of two memorable battles.

The famous "Weissenburg lines," consisting of entrenched See also:

works erected by See also:Villars in 17o6 along the Lauter, and having a length of 12 m., were stormed in See also:October 1793 by the Prussians and See also:Saxons under the See also:Austrian See also:general Wurmser. The See also:Allies were in their turn dispossessed by See also:Pichegru in See also:December and forced to See also:retreat behind the See also:Rhine. These lines, as well as the fortifications of Weissenburg, are now dismantled. On the 4th of See also:August 187o the Germans under the See also:crown See also:prince of See also:Prussia, afterwards the See also:emperor See also:Frederick, gained the first victory of the See also:war over a See also:French See also:corps (See also:part of the See also:army commanded by See also:MacMahon) under General Douay, who was killed early in the engagement. The name Weissenburg occurs in three other places; the town of Weissenburg-am-See also:Sand in See also:Bavaria (q.v.) ; a Swiss invalid resort in the Niedersimmental, above See also:Lake See also:Thun, with sulphate of See also:lime springs, beneficial for bronchial affections; also a Hungarian comitat (Magyar Fejervar), with Stuhlweissenburg as See also:capital. WEISSENBURG-AM-SAND, a town of Germany, in the Bavarian district of See also:Middle Franconih., situated in a pleasant and fertile See also:country at the western foot of the Franconian See also:Jura, 1300 ft. above the See also:sea, and 33 M. by See also:rail S.W. of See also:Nuremberg by the railway to See also:Munich. Pop. (1905) 6709. It is still surrounded by old walls and towers, and has two See also:Gothic churches and a Gothic town-See also:hall. The town has a See also:mineral See also:spring, connected with which is a bathing See also:establishment. A Roman See also:castle has recently been discovered, and there is a collection of antiquities in the See also:modern school. The old fortalice of Wulzburg (2060 ft.) overlooks the town.

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Gold and See also:silver fringe, bricks, See also:cement wares, beer and See also:cloth are manufactured. Weissenburg See also:dates from the 8th century, and in the 14th was made a free imperial town. It passed to Bavaria in 1806. See C. See also:Meyer, Chronik der Stadt Weissenburg in Bayern (Munich, 1904) ; and See also:Fabricius, Das Kastell Weissenburg (See also:Heidelberg, 1906).

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