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SCHWETZINGEN

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

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town of Germany, in the
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grand duchy of Baden, situated in a plain 9 M. by
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rail S.E. of
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Mannheim at the junction of lines to Carlsruhe,
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Heidelberg and Spires . Pop . (1905) 6858 . It has a castle, formerly the residence of the electors palatine of the Rhine, built in 1656, destroyed by the French in 1689, but afterwards rebuilt . Its gardens, which occupy 117 acres, were laid out in the
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middle of the 18th century in imitation of those of
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Versailles . Cigars,
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vinegar,
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beer, yeast and jam are manufactured, while
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tobacco and hops are cultivated . Scbwetzingen became a town in 1833 .

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