ASCHERSLEBEN
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Saxony, 36 m. by See also:rail N.W. from See also:Halle, and at the junction of lines to See also:Cothen and Nienhagen
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Pop
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(1900) 27,245; (1905) 27,876
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It contains one See also:Roman See also:Catholic and four See also:Protestant churches, a See also:synagogue, a See also:fine town-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall dating from the 16th See also:century, and several See also:schools
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The See also:discovery of See also:coal in the neighbourhood stimulated and altered its See also:industries
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In addition to the manufacture of woollen wares, for which it has See also:long been known, there is now extensive See also:production of See also:vinegar, See also:paraffin, potash and especially beetroot-See also:sugar; while the surrounding See also:district, which was formerly devoted in See also:great See also:part to See also:market-gardening, is now turned almost entirely into beetroot See also:fields
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There are also See also:iron, See also:zinc and chemical manufactures, and the cultivation of agricultural seeds is carried on
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In the See also:neighbour-See also:hood are brine springs and a See also:spa (Wilhelmsbad)
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Aschersleben was probably founded in the 11th century by See also:Count Esico of See also:Ballenstedt, the ancestor of the See also:house of See also:Anhalt, whose See also:grandson, See also:Otto, called himself count of Ascania and Aschersleben, deriving the former part of the See also:title from his See also:castle in the neighbourhood of the town
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On the See also:death of Otto III
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(131) Aschersleben passed into the hands of the See also:bishop of See also:Halberstadt, and at the See also:peace of 1648 was, with the bishopric, See also:united to See also:Brandenburg
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