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OBERSTEIN

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 947 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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OBERSTEIN  , a

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town of Germany, in the principality of
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Birkenfeld, belonging to the
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grand duchy of
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Oldenburg, on the
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river
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Nahe, 33m . S.W. of Kreuznach, by the railway to Mifnsteram-Stein . Pop . (1905) 9669 . It is famous for the cutting and setting of agates and other precious stones, an industry which has been established here, and in the neighbouring township of
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Idar, since the 16th century . The Evangelical church, built in the 12th century and restored in 1482, is partly hewn out of the solid rock . On the hills above the town are the ruins of two castles . Sec Hisserich, Die Idar-Obersteiner Industrie (Oberstein, 1894) .

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