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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 2 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AALEN  , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Wurttemberg, pleasantly situated on the Kocher, at the See also:foot of the Swabian See also:Alps, about 5o M . E. of See also:Stuttgart, and with See also:direct railway communication with See also:Ulm and See also:Cannstatt . Pop . 1o,000 . Woollen and See also:linen goods are manufactured, and there are ribbon looms and tanneries in the town, and large See also:iron See also:works in the neighbourhood . There are several See also:schools and churches, and a statue of the poet See also:Christian See also:Schubart . Aalen was a See also:free imperial See also:city from 1360 to 1802, when it was annexed to Wurttemberg .

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