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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 300 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ELTZ , a small See also:

RIVER

river of See also:

Germany, a See also:

LEFT

left See also:

BANK

bank tributary of the See also:

MOSEL (Fr. Moselle)

Mosel . It rises in the See also:

EIFEL

Eifel range, and, after a course of 5 m., joins the latter river at Moselkern . Just above its confluence stands the romantic See also:

castle of Eltz, crowning a rocky See also:

SUMMIT

summit 900 ft. high, and famous as being one of the best preserved See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval strongholds of Germany . It is the ancestral seat of the See also:

COUNTS

counts of Eltz and contains numerous antiquities . See See also:

ROTH, JUSTUS LUDWIG ADOLF (1818-1892)

Roth, Geschichte der Herren and Grafen zu Eltz (2 vols., See also:

MAINZ (Fr. Mayence)

Mainz, 1889-189o) .

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