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See also:SAARGEMUND (Fr. Sarreguemines) , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the imperial See also:province of See also:Alsace-See also:Lorraine, situated at the confluence of the Blies and the See also:Saar, 40 M . E. of See also:Metz, 6o m . N.W. of See also:Strassburg by See also:rail, and at the junction of lines to See also:Trier and See also:Saarburg . Pop . (1905) 14,932 . It carries on considerable manufactures of See also:faience, See also:plush, See also:velvet, See also:leather, See also:porcelain and earthenware, and is a See also:chief See also:depot for the See also:papier-mache boxes, mostly See also:snuff-boxes, which are made in See also:great quantities in the neighbourhood . See also:Saargemund, originally a See also:Roman See also:settlement, obtained civicrights See also:early in the 13th See also:century . In 1297 it was ceded by the See also:count of See also:Saarbrucken to the See also:duke of Lorraine, and passed with Lorraine in 1766 to See also:France, being transferred to Germany in 1871 . See Thomire, Notes historiques sur Sarreguemines (Strassburg, 1887); and See also:Box, See also:Notice sur le pays de to Saare (See also:Nancy, 1903) . |
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