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ESCHWEGE , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Hesse-See also:Nassau, on the Werra, and the railway Treysa-Leinefelde, 28 m . S.E. of See also:Cassel . Pop . (1905) 11,113 . It consists of the old town on the See also:left, the new town on the right, See also:bank of the Werra, and Bruckenhausen on a small See also:island connected with the old and new town by See also:bridges . It is a thriving manufacturing town, its See also:chief See also:industries being See also:leather-making, See also:yarn-See also:spinning, See also:cotton-and See also:linen-See also:weaving, the manufactures of cigars, brushes, liquors and oil, and See also:glue- and See also:soap-boiling . It has two See also:ancient buildings, the Nikolai-turm, built in 1455, and the old See also:castle . After being See also:part of Thuringia, Eschwege passed to Hesse in 1263 . It was recovered by the See also:landgrave of Thuringia in 1388, but soon reverted to Hesse, and it became the See also:residence of one of the branches of the See also:Hessian royal See also:house, a See also:branch which died out in 1655 . |
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