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DILLINGEN , a See also: town of See also: Germany, in the See also: kingdom of See also: Bavaria, on the See also: left See also: bank of the Danube, 25 M
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N.E. from See also: Ulm, on the railway to See also: Ingolstadt
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Pop
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(1905) 6078
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Its See also: principal buildings are an old palace, formerly the residence of the bishops of Augsburg and now See also: government offices, a royal gymnasium, a Latin school with a library of 75,000 volumes, seven churches (six See also: Roman Catholic), two episcopal seminaries, a Capuchin monastery, a Franciscan convent and a See also: deaf and dumb See also: asylum
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The university, founded in 1549, was abolished in 1804, being converted into a See also: lyceum
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The inhabitants are engaged in cattle-rearing, the cultivation of corn, hops and fruit, See also: shipbuilding and the See also: shipping See also: trade, and the manufacture of See also: cloth, paper and cutlery
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In the vicinity is the Karolinen canal, which cuts off a See also: bend in the Danube between Lauingen and Dillingen
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In 1488 Dillingen became the residence of the bishops of Augsburg; was taken by the Swedes in 1632 and 1648, by the Austrians in 1702, and on the 17th of See also: June 1800 by the French
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In 1803 it passed to Bavaria
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