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NIEDERLAHNSTEIN
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Hesse-See also:Nassau, situated on the right See also:bank of the See also:Rhine at the confluence of See also:Lahn, 3 M
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S.E. from See also:Coblenz by the railway to See also:Ems, and at the junction of lines to See also:Hochheim and See also:Cologne
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Pop
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(1905) 4351
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It has two See also:Roman See also:Catholic churches
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The See also:chief See also:industries are the making of machinery and See also:shipbuilding
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Niederlahnstein obtained civic rights in 1332, and was until 1803 on the territory of the See also:electors of See also:Trier
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Here on the 1st of See also:January 1814 a See also:part of the See also:Russian See also:army crossed the Rhine
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In the vicinity are the Johanniskirche, a Romanesque See also: (1900) 1339 . Here are the springs of the famous Selters or Seltzer See also:water, employed as specific in cases of See also:catarrh of the See also:respiratory See also:organs, the See also:stomach and See also:bladder . Until 1866 the springs belonged to the See also:duke of Nassau; since this date they have been the See also:property of See also:Prussia . They became famous in the earlier part of the 19th See also:century, although they had been known many years previously . See Grossmann, See also:Die Heilquellen See also:des See also:Taunus (See also:Wiesbaden, 1887) . |
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