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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 572 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HOHENLIMBURG  , a

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town of
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Germany, on the Lenne, in the Prussian prov. of
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Westphalia, 30 M. by
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rail S.E. of
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Dortmund . Pop . (1905) 12,790 . It has two Evangelical churches, a
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Roman
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Catholic
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church and a
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synagogue . The town is the seat of various
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iron and
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metal
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industries, while
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dyeing,
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cloth-making and
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linen-
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weaving are also carried on here . It is the
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chief town of the
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county of
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Limburg, and formerly belonged to the
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counts of Limburg, a
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family which became
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extinct in 1508 . Later it passed to the counts of Bentheim-Tecklenburg . The
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castle of Hohenlimburg, which overlooks the town, is now the
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residence of
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Prince Adolf of Bentheim-Tecklenburg .

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