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BISCHOFSWERDA , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Saxony, on the Wesenitz, and at the junction of the See also:Dresden-See also:Gorlitz and Bischofswerda-See also:Zittau See also:railways in the governmental See also:district of See also:Bautzen . Pop . (1905) 7465 . There are See also:cloth, artificial See also:flower, and See also:cigar factories, See also:glass-See also:works, See also:potteries, and in the neighbourhood large See also:granite quarries . It is famous as the See also:scene of a See also:battle, on the r 2th of May 1813, between the See also:French and the See also:Allies after See also:Napoleon's See also:retreat from See also:Moscow . It was the See also:residence of See also:Benno, See also:bishop of See also:Meissen, in the See also:firth See also:century, and the " Bishop's Road " still runs from here to Meissen . |
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