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HOLZMINDEN , a See also: town of See also: Germany, in the duchy of Bruns-See also: wick, on the right See also: bank of the Weser, at the See also: foot of the Sollinger Mountains, at the junction of the See also: railways Scherfede-Holzminden and See also: Soest-Borssum, 56 m
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S.W. of See also: Brunswick
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Pop
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(1905) 9938
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It has an Evangelical and a See also: Roman Catholic See also: church, a gymnasium, an architectural school and a school of
See also: engineering
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The prosperity of the town depends chiefly on See also: agriculture and the manufacture of iron and See also: steel wares, and of chemicals, but See also: weaving and the making of pottery are also carried on, and there are baryta mills and polishing-mills for See also: sandstone
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By means of the Weser it carries on a lively See also: trade
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Holzminden obtained municipal rights from Count See also: Otto of Eberstein in 1245, and in 1410 it came into the possession of Brunswick
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