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WITTENBERGE

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 764 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WITTENBERGE , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Brandenburg, on the See also:Elbe, near the influx of the Stepenitz into that See also:river, 77 M. N.W. from See also:Berlin by the See also:main See also:line of See also:rail-way to See also:Hamburg, and at the junction of See also:railways to See also:Stendal, See also:Luneburg and See also:Perleberg. Pop. (1905) 18,501. The magnificent See also:bridge here spanning the Elbe, one mile in length, was built in 1851 at a cost of 237,500. The See also:chief See also:industries are the manufacture of railway plant, See also:cloth, See also:wool, See also:soap, See also:shoddy, See also:furniture, bricks and See also:cement.

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