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SCHWERTE

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 394 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SCHWERTE  , a

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town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Westphalia, 9 M. by
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rail N.E. of Hagen, at the junction of the lines
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Aix-la-Chapelle-
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Holzminden and Schwerte-Cassel . Pop . (1905) 13,015 . It has a Romanesque church, with a carved altar of 1523, and stained glass of the 14th and 15th centuries; and there is a 16th century town hall . The
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industries are practically confined to the manufacture of iron and steel goods . Schwerte received civic rights in the 12th century .

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