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DELMENHORST

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 970 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DELMENHORST  , a

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town of Germany,
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grand duchy of Olden-
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burg, on the Delme, 8 m. by
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rail W. from
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Bremen, at the junction of a
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line to Vechta . Pop . (1905) 20,147 . It has a
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Protestant and a
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Roman Catholic church, and is the seat of considerable
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industries; notably wool-combing,
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weaving, , jute-spinning and the manufacture of linoleum . Delmenhorst was founded in 1230, and from 1247 to 1679, when it was destroyed by the French, was protected by a strong castle .

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