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BARMEN , a See also: town of See also: Germany, in the Prussian Rhine province and the governmental See also: district of See also: Dusseldorf
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Pop
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(1816) 19,030; (1890) 116,144; (1905) 156,148
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It is served by the See also: main railway from Berlin to See also: Aix-la-Chapelle, and lies immediately See also: east of See also: Elberfeld, with which it virtually forms one town
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It stretches for some 4 M. along the narrow valley of the See also: river See also: Wupper, which, within the municipal boundaries, is crossed by twenty See also: bridges
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High wooded hills surround it
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It is divided into three main districts, Upper, See also: Middle and See also: Lower Barmen, and is connected, throughout its length, with Elberfeld, by railway, See also: tramway, and a suspended trolley See also: line, See also: hanging over the See also: bed of the Wupper
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It contains nine Evangelical and two See also: Roman Catholic churches, a stately See also: modern town See also: hall, a Hall of Fame (Ruhmes-
See also: halle), with statues of the emperors See also: William I. and
See also: Frederick III., a theatre, a picture-gallery, an ethnographical museum, and ar See also: exchange
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There are many public monuments, one to Bismarck another to the poet Emil Rittershaus (1834-1897), a native of the town, and one commemorative of the Franco-See also: German War of 1870-71
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There are several high-grade public See also: schools, See also: academies of technical science, See also: engineering and textile industry, and a missionary theological seminary
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Barmen is one of the most important manufacturing centres of Germany
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The rapid development of its commercial activity only See also: dates from the beginning of the 19th century
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It is the chief seat of ribbonSee also: weaving in Germany, and manufactures thread, lace, braids, See also: cotton and See also: cloth goods, carpets, silks, machinery, See also: steel wares, plated goods and buttons, the last industry employing about 15,000 hands
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There are numerous See also: bleaching-See also: fields, See also: print-fields and dyeworks famous for their See also: Turkey-red, See also: soap See also: works, chemical works and See also: potteries
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There are also extensive breweries
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Its export See also: trade, particularly to the See also: United States, is very consider-able
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The hills lying S. of the town are laid out in public grounds
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Here are a See also: health resort, a tower commanding an extensive view, and numerous villas
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Barmen, although mentioned in See also: chronicles in the 11th century, did not attain civic rights until 18o8, when it was formed into a See also: municipality by the See also: grand-duke of See also: Berg
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See also: Shadwell, See also: Industrial Efficiency (1906), for a See also: good description of the industrial aspect
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