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BALLENSTEDT

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 269 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BALLENSTEDT  , a

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town of Germany, in the duchy of
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Anhalt, on the
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river Getel, 20 M . E. of Quedlinburg by
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rail . Pop . (1900) 5423 . It is pleasantly situated under the north-eastern declivity of the Harz mountains . The inhabitants are mostly engaged in agriculture and there is practically no other industry . The palace of the dukes of Anhalt,
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standing on an eminence, contains a library and collections of various kinds, including a good picture gallery . It is approached by a
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fine avenue of trees and is surrounded by a well-wooded park . In the Schlosskirche the
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grave of Albert the Bear, margrave of
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Brandenburg (Hoc–1170) has been discovered .

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