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AURICH
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Hanover, See also:chief town of the See also:district of See also:East See also:Friesland, on the See also:Ems-See also:Jade See also:canal, 18 m
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N.W. from See also:Emden by See also:rail
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Pop
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(1900) 6013
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It is built in the Dutch See also:style, and lies in a sandy but fertile See also:plain, surrounded by pleasant promenades which have taken the See also:place of the old fortifications
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It has a See also:palace, formerly the See also:residence of the See also:counts of East Friesland and now used as See also:government offices, a See also:Roman See also:Catholic and two See also:Protestant churches, a gymnasium, and four See also:libraries
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There are breweries
and small manufactories of See also:paper and See also:tobacco
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See also:Close by is the Upstallsboom, the See also: |
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