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EILENBURG
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Saxony, on an See also:island formed by the See also:Mulde, 31 M
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E. from See also:Halle, at the junction of the See also:railways Halle-See also:Cottbus and See also:Leipzig-Eilenburg
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Pop
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(1905) 15,145
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There are three churches, two Evangelical and one See also:Roman See also:Catholic
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The See also:industries of the town include the manufacture of chemicals, See also:cloth, quilting, See also:calico, cigars and agricultural implements, See also:bleaching, See also:dyeing, See also:basket-making, See also:carriage-See also:building and See also:trade in See also:cattle
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In the neighbourhood is the See also:iron foundry of Erwinhof
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Opposite the town, on the steep See also:left See also:bank of the Mulde, is the See also:castle from which it derives its name, the See also:original seat of the See also:noble See also:family of Eulenburg
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This castle (Ilburg) is mentioned in records of the reigns of See also: In 1815 it passed to See also:Prussia . See Gundermann, Chronik der Stadt Eilenburg (Eilenburg, 1879) . |
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