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LANDESHUT , a See also:town in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Silesia, at the See also:north See also:foot of the See also:Riesengebirge, and on the See also:river See also:Bober, 65 m . S.W. of See also:Breslau by See also:rail . Pop . (1905) 9000 . Its See also:main See also:industries are See also:flax-See also:spinning, See also:linen-See also:weaving and manufactures of See also:cloth, shoes and See also:beer . The town See also:dates from the 13th See also:century, being originally a fortress built for See also:protection against the Bohemians . There the Prussians defeated the Austrians in May 1i45, and in See also:June 1760 the Prussians were routed by a greatly See also:superior force of Austrians . See Perschke, Beschreibung and Geschichte der Stadt Landeshut (Breslau, 1829) . |
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