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THANN

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 725 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THANN  , a

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town of Germany, in Upper Alsace, 16 m. by
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rail N.W. of Miilhausen . Pop . (1905) 7901 . It is the seat of cotton,
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calico,
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silk, machinery and other
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industries, and excellent wine is grown there . The (
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Roman Catholic) church of St Theobald (1351) is an elegant specimen of
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Gothic, and has a remark-ably
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fine tower (1450-1516), 266 ft. high . Above the town are the ruins of the castle of Engelburg, destroyed by Turenne in 1675 .

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