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See also: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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(1905) 60,078
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It is the centre of the See also:mining See also:district of Upper Silesia,' and its See also:population is mainly engaged in such operations and in See also:iron and See also:zinc smelting
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See also:Beuthen is an old town, and was formerly the See also: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, See also:Baron Henckel von Donnersmarck, by the See also:emperor See also: |
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