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ANNABERG , a See also: town of See also: Germany, in the See also: kingdom of See also: Saxony, in the See also: Erzgebirge, 1894 ft. above the See also: sea, 6 m. from the Bohemian frontier, 181 m
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S. by E. from Chemnitz by See also: rail
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Pop
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(1905) 16,811
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It has three Evangelical churches, among them that of St See also: Anne, built 1499–1525, a See also: Roman Catholic See also: church, several public monuments, among them those of
See also: Luther, of the famous arithmetician See also: Adam Riese, and of See also: Barbara Uttmann
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Anna-See also: berg, together with the neighbouring suburb, See also: Buchholz, is the chief seat of the braid and lace-making industry in Germany, introduced here by Barbara Uttmann in 1561, and further See also: developed by Belgian refugees, who, driven from their country by the duke of Alva, settled here in 1590
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The See also: mining industry, for which the town was formerly also famous and which embraced tin, See also: silver and See also: cobalt, has now ceased
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Annaberg has technical See also: schools for lace-making, commerce and See also: agriculture, in addition to high grade public schools for boys and girls
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