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JEVER , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:grand-duchy of See also:Oldenburg, 13 M. by See also:rail N.W. of Wilhelmshaven, and connected with the See also:North See also:Sea by a navigable See also:canal . Pop . (1901), 5486 . The See also:chief See also:industries are See also:weaving, See also:spinning, See also:dyeing, See also:brewing and milling; there is also a See also:trade in horses and See also:cattle . The fathers (See also:Die Getreuen) of the town used to send an See also:annual birthday See also:present of Ioi plovers' eggs to See also:Bismarck, with a See also:dedication in See also:verse . The See also:castle of Jever was built by See also:Prince Edo Wiemken (d . 1410), the ruler of Jeverland, a populous See also:district which in 1575 came under the See also:rule of the See also:dukes of Oldenburg . In 1603 it passed to the See also:house of See also:Anhalt and was later the See also:property of the empress See also:Catherine II. of See also:Russia, a member of this See also:family . In 1814 it came again into the See also:possession of Oldenburg . See D . Hohnholz, Aus fevers Vorgangenheit (Dever, 1886) ; Hagena, Jeverland bis zum Jahr 1500 (Oldenburg, 1902) ; and F . W . See also:Riemann, Geschichte See also:des Jeverlandes (Dever, 1896) . |
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