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BRETTEN

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 503 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BRETTEN  , a

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town of Germany, in the
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grand duchy of Baden, on the Saalbach, 9 M . S.E. of
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Bruchsal by
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rail . Pop . (1900) 4781 . It has some manufactories of machinery and japanned goods, and a considerable trade in
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timber and live stock . Bretten was the birthplace of Melanchthon (1497), and in addition to a statue of him by Drake, a memorial hall, containing a collection of his writings and busts and pictures of his famous contemporaries, has been erected .

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