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GRIMMA , a See also: town in the See also: kingdom of See also: Saxony, on the See also: left hank of the
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Mukle, 19 M
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S.E. of See also: Leipzig on the railway See also: Dobeln-See also: Dresden
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Pop
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(1905) 11,182
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It has a See also: Roman Catholic and three Evangelical churches, and among other See also: principal buildings are the Schloss built in the 12th century, and long a residence of the margraves of See also: Meissen and the electors of Saxony; the town-See also: hall, dating from 1442, and the famous school Furstenschule (Illustre Moldanum) , erected by the elector
See also: Maurice on the site of the former Augustinian monastery in 1550, having See also: provision for 104 See also: free scholars and a library numbering ro,000 volumes
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There are also a See also: modern school, a teachers' seminary, a commercial school and a school of See also: brewing
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Among the See also: industries of the town are ironfounding, machine See also: building and dyeworks, while paper and gloves are manufactured there
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Gardening and See also: agriculture generally are also important branches of industry
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In the immediate neighbourhood are the ruins of the Cistercian
nunnery from which See also: Catherine von See also: Bora fled in 1523, and; the See also: village of Doben, with an old See also: castle
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Grimma is of Sorbian origin, and is first mentioned in 1203
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It passed then into possession of Saxony and has remained since See also: part of that country
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See Lorenz, Die Stadt Grimma, historisch beschrieben (Leipzig, 1871) ; Rossler, Geschichte der koniglich sdchsischen Fiirsten- and Landesschule Grinima (Leipzig, 1891); L .See also: Schmidt, Urkundenbuch der Stadt Grimma (Leipzig, 1895) ; and See also: Fraustadt, Grimmenser Stamm-See also: bath (Grimma, 1900)
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