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WURZEN

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 861 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WURZEN , a See also:

town of See also:Germany in the See also:kingdom of See also:Saxony, on the See also:Mulde, here crossed by two See also:bridges, 151 M. by See also:rail N.E. of See also:Leipzig on the See also:main See also:line (via Riesa) to See also:Dresden. Pop. (1905) 17,212. It has a See also:cathedral dating from the 12th See also:century, a See also:castle, at one See also:time a See also:residence of the bishops of See also:Meissen and now utilized as See also:law courts, several See also:schools and an agricultural See also:college. The See also:industries comprise See also:iron-See also:founding, See also:weaving and See also:brewing, and the making of machinery, carpets, cigars, See also:furniture, See also:leather and See also:paper. Wurzen was founded by the See also:Sorbs, and was a town See also:early in the I2th century, when Herwig, See also:bishop of Meissen, founded a monastery here. In 1581 it passed to the elector of Saxony, and in the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War was sacked by the Swedes.

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