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LENNEP , a See also: town of See also: Germany, in the Prussian Rhine province, 18 m
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E. of See also: Dusseldorf, and 9 m
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S. of See also: Barmen by See also: rail, at a height of loon ft. above the level of the See also: sea
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Pop
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(1905) 10,323
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It lies in the See also: heart of one of the busiest See also: industrial districts in Germany, and carries on important manufactures of the finer kinds of See also: cloth, wool, See also: yarn and felt, and also of iron and See also: steel goods
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It has an Evangelical and a See also: Protestant See also: church, a
See also: modern school and a well-equipped hospital
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Lennep, which was the residence of the See also: counts of See also: Berg from 1226 to 1300, owes the foundation of its prosperity to an influx of Cologne weavers during the 14th century
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