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QUERFURT
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:province of Prussian See also:Saxony, situated in a fertile See also:country on the Querne, 18 m
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W. from See also:Merseburg, on a See also:branch See also:line from Oberroblingen
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Pop
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(1905) 884, Its See also:chief See also:industries are See also:sugar-refining, See also:lime-burning and See also:brewing
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Querfurt was for some See also:time the See also:capital of a principality which had an See also:area of nearly 200 sq. m. and a See also:population of about 20,000
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The ruling See also:family having become See also:extinct in 1496, it passed to that of See also:Mansfeld
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In 1635, by the See also:peace of See also:Prague, it was ceded to the elector of Saxony, See also: |
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