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MERSEBURG , a See also: town of See also: Germany, in the Prussian province of See also: Saxony, on the See also: river See also: Saale, Io m. by See also: rail S. of See also: Halle and 15 m
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W. of See also: Leipzig
.
Pop
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(1905), 20,024
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It consists of a quaint and irregularly built old town, a, new quarter, and two extensive suburbs, See also: Altenburg and Neumarkt
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The See also: cathedral, which was restored in 1884-1886, has a choir, a crypt and two towers of the 11th, a transept of the 13th and a See also: late See also: Gothic See also: nave of the 16th century
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Among its numerous monuments is one to Rudolph of See also: Swabia, the See also: rival of the emperor See also: Henry IV
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It contains
a
See also: great See also: organ dating from the 17th century
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Near the cathedral is the Gothic palace, formerly the residence of the bishops of Merseburg, and now used as public offices
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The town See also: hall and the Standehaus, where the meetings of the provincial estates were held, are also noteworthy buildings
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The
See also: industries include the manufacture of machinery, paper and celluloid, and tanning and See also: brewing
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Merseburg is one of the See also: oldest towns in Germany
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From 968 until the See also: Reformation, it was the seat of a See also: bishop, and in addition to being for a See also: time the residence of the margraves of See also: Meissen, it was a favourite residence of the See also: German See also: kings during the roth, i 1th and 12th centuries
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Fifteen diets were held here during the See also: middle ages, when its fairs enjoyed the importance which was afterwards transferred to those of Leipzig
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The town suffered severely during the Peasants' War and also during the See also: Thirty Years' War
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From 1657 to 1738 it was the residence of the See also: dukes of Saxe-Merseburg
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See E
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See also: Hoffmann, IZistorische Nachrichten aus Alt-Merseburg (Mers°burg, 1903)
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