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SCHONEBERG , a See also: town of See also: Germany, in the Prussian province of See also: Brandenburg, forming a suburb of Berlin, which it adjoins on the See also: south-west
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Pop
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(1905) 141,010
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It has four churches, a statue of the emperor See also: William I. and several educational establishments
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It contains the railway station of the military
See also: line to Zossen and is connected with the metropolis by electric trams and omnibuses
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Its chief manufactures are railway plant, cigars, See also: soap, paper and chemicals
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The foundation of Alt-Schonberg is ascribed to See also: Albert the Bear, See also: margrave of Brandenburg, in the 12th century, while Neu-Schoneberg was founded by See also: Frederick the See also: Great in 175o to accommodate some Bohemian weavers exiled for their See also: religion
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It was made a town in 1898
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