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LAUCHSTADT

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 276 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LAUCHSTADT  , a

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town of Germany in the province of Prussian Saxony, on the Laucha, 6 m . N.W. of
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Merseburg by the railway to Schafstadt . Pop . (1905) 2034 . It contains an Evangelical church, a theatre, a hydropathic establishment and several educational institutions, among which is an agricultural school affiliated to the university of Halle . Its
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industries include malting,
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vinegar-making and
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brewing . Lauchstadt was a popular watering-place in the 18th century, the dukes of Saxe-Merseburg often making it their summer residence . From 1789 to 1811 the
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Weimar court theatrical
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company gave performances here of the plays of Schiller and Goethe, an attraction which greatly contributed to the well-being of the town . See Maak, Das Goethetheater in Lauchstadt (Lauchstadt, 1905) ; and Nasemann,
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Bad Lauchstadt (Halle, 1885) .

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