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HERSTAL, or HERISTAL

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 397 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HERSTAL, or HERISTAL  , a
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town of
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Belgium, less than 2 M . N. of
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Liege and practically one of its suburbs . The name is supposed to be derived from Heerstelle, i.e . " Permanent
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Camp." The second
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Pippin was
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born here, and this
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mayor of the
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palace acquired the
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control of the
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kingdom of the
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Franks . His
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grand-son, Pippin the
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Short, died at
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Herstal in A.D . 768, and it disputes with
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Aix la Chapelle the
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honour of being the birthplace of
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Charlemagne . It is now a very active centre of
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iron and
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steel manufactures . The Belgian
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national small arms factory and
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cannon foundry are fixed here . Pop . (1904) 20,114 .

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