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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 932 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MAYEN , a

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TOWN

town of

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Germany, in the Prussian

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RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

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province, on the

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NORTHERN

northern declivity of the

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EIFEL

Eifel range, 16 m . W. from

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COBLENZ (KOBLENZ)

Coblenz, on the railway

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ANDERNACH

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GEROLSTEIN

Gerolstein . Pop . (1905), 13,435 . It is still partly surrounded by

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MEDIEVAL

medieval walls, and the ruins of a

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castle rise above the town . There are some small

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INDUSTRIES

industries, embracing textile manufactures, oil

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mills and tanneries, and a

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WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, while near the town are extensive quarries of

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BASALT

basalt . Having been a

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ROMAN

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settlement, Mayen became a town in 1291 . In 1689 it was destroyed by the

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