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NYMPHENBURG
, formerly a See also:village, but since 1899 an incorporated suburb of See also:Munich, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Bavaria
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It has a See also:palace, built about the See also:middle of the 17th See also:century, on the See also:model of that at See also:Versailles, and See also:long a favourite See also:residence of the Bavarian elector, See also:Maximilian See also:Joseph
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The famous See also:china manufactory of Nymphenburg, founded in 1754 at Neudeck by a See also:potter named Niedermeyer, was shortly afterwards removed hither and, after being long under royal patronage, is now a private undertaking
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