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DIEDENHOFEN (Fr. Thionville)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 209 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DIEDENHOFEN (Fr. Thionville)  , a fortified
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town of Germany, in Alsace-Lorn:;ne, dist .
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Lorraine, on the Mosel, 22 M . N. from
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Metz by
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rail . Pop . (1905) 6047 . It is a railway junction ofsome consequence, with cultivation of vines, fruit and vegetables,
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brewing, tanning, &c . Diedenhofen is an ancient Frank town (Theudonevilla, Totonisvilla), in which imperial diets were held in the 8th century; was captured by Conde in 1643 and fortified by
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Vauban; capitulated to the Prussians, after a severe
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bombardment, on the 25th of November 187o .

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