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BERKA , a See also: town and watering-place of See also: Germany, in the See also: grand-duchy of Saxe-See also: Weimar, on the Ilm and the Weimar-Kranichfeld railway, 8 m
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S. of Weimar
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Pop
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2300
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It has See also: sulphur See also: baths, which are largely frequented in the summer
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Berka was once celebrated for its Cistercian nunnery, founded in 1251
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Two m. down the Ilm is the curious See also: castle of Burgfarth, partly hewn out of the solid See also: rock
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