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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 975 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ZERBST , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the duchy of See also:Anhalt, situated on the Nuthe, II m. N.W. of See also:Dessau and 27 M. S.E. of See also:Magdeburg by the railway Dessau-See also:Leipzig. Pop. (1900) 17,095. It is still surrounded in See also:part by old walls and bastions, while other portions of the whilom fortifications have been converted into pleasarit promenades. It contains five churches, one of which (St See also:Nicholas), built in 1446-88, is a See also:good example of the See also:late See also:Gothic See also:style as See also:developed in See also:Saxony, with its spacious proportions, groined vaulting, and See also:bare See also:simple pillars. The town See also:hall See also:dates from about 148o, but it was disfigured by additions in the beginning of the 17th See also:century. It contains the municipal museum, among the See also:chief treasures of which is a See also:Luther See also:Bible illustrated by See also:Lucas See also:Cranach the younger. The See also:palace (1681—1750) has been used as a depository of archives since 1872. There are several See also:quaint old houses, with high gables, in the See also:market-See also:place, in the See also:middle of which stand a See also:Roland See also:column, of about 1445, and a See also:bronze figure known as the Butterjungfer (See also:butter-girl), of uncertain origin and meaning, but now regarded as the See also:palladium of the town. The old Franciscan monastery, with See also:fine cloisters, founded in 1250, contains the gymnasium; a Cistercian nunnery of 1214 has been converted into See also:barracks; and the Augustinian monastery of 1390 has been a See also:hospital since 1525.

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Gold and See also:silver articles, See also:silk, See also:plush, See also:cloth, See also:leather, See also:soap, See also:starch, chemicals and carriages are among the chief manufactures. See also:Iron-See also:founding is carried on; and several breweries are engaged in the preparation of Zerbster See also:bitter See also:beer, which enjoys considerable repute. Zerbst is an See also:ancient town, mentioned in 949. In 1307 it came into the See also:possession of the Anhalt See also:family, and from 1603 till 1793 was the See also:capital of the See also:collateral See also:branch of Anhalt-Zerbst. In 1/93 it passed to Anhalt-Dessau.

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