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BITTERFELD

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 13 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BITTERFELD  , a

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town of
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Germany, in the Prussian
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province of
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Saxony, 26 m . N. from
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Leipzig by
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rail, on the
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river
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Mulde, and an important junction of
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railways from Leipzig and
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Halle to
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Berlin . Pop . (1900) 11,839 . It manufactures drain-pipes,
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paper-roofing and machinery, and has saw-
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mills . Several
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coal-mines are in the vicinity . The town was built by a
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colony of Flemish immigrants in 1153 . It was captured by the
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land-
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grave of .
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Meissen in 1476, and belonged thenceforth to Saxony, until it was ceded to
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Prussia in 1815 . Owing to its pleasant situation and accessibility, it has become a favourite
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residence of business men of Leipzig and Halle .

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