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RUDESHEIM

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 815 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RUDESHEIM  , a

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town of Germany in the Prussian Rhine province on the right
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bank of the Rhine, 19 m . S.W. of
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Wiesbaden by the main
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line from
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Frankfort-on-Main to Cologne . Pop . (1905) 4773 . Its situation, at the
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lower end of the famous vineyard
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district of the Rheingau, opposite Bingen and just above the romantic
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gorge of the Rhine, renders it a popular tourist centre . Behind the town rises the majestic
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Niederwald (985 ft.), on the crest of which stands the
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national monument, " Germania," commemorating the war of 1870-71 . Rtidesheim has some interesting towers . The Bromserburg, or Niederburg, a massive structure built in the 13th century, formerly belonging to the archbishops of Mainz; the Boosenburg, or Oberburg, which was rebuilt in 1868, with the exception of the keep; the Adlerturm, a relic of the fortifications of the town; and the Vorderburg, the remains of an old castle . The
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Gothic church of St James has some interesting paintings and monuments, and there is also a
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Protestant church . The town has electrical
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works, but its
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industries are mainly concerned with the preparation of wine, the best kinds being Rudesheimer Berg, Hinterhaus and Rottland . See J, P . Schmelzeis, Rudesheim im Rheingau (Rudesheim, 1881); and Heiderlinden, Rudesheim and seine Umgebung (Rudesheim, 1888) .

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