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BEUTHEN, or OBERBEUTHEN , a See also: town of See also: Germany, in the extreme See also: south-See also: east of Prussian See also: Silesia, on the railway between See also: Breslau and See also: Cracow, 121 m
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S.E. of the former
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Pop
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(1905) 60,078
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It is the centre of the See also: mining See also: district of Upper Silesia,' and its population is mainly engaged in such operations and in iron and See also: zinc smelting
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Beuthen is an old town, and was formerly the capital of the Bohemian duchy of Beuthen, which in 162o was ultimately granted, as a See also: free lordship of the See also: Empire, to See also: Lazarus, Baron Henckel von Donnersmarck, by the emperor See also: Ferdinand II., and parts of which, now mediatized, are held by two branches of the
See also: counts Henckel von Donnersmarck
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