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WEISSENFELS
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Saxony, situated on the See also:Saale 20 m
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S.W. of See also:Leipzig and 19 M
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S. of See also:Halle by the See also:main See also:line to Bebra and See also:Frankfort-on-Main
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Pop
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(1905) 30,894
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It contains three churches, a spacious See also:market-See also:place and various educational and benevolent institutions
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The former See also:palace, called the Augustusburg, built in 1664-1690, lies on an See also:eminence near the town; this spacious edifice is now used as a military school
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Weissenfels manufactures machinery, ironware, See also:paper and other goods, and has an See also:electrical See also:power-See also:house
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In the neighbourhood are large deposits of See also:sandstone and See also:lignite
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Weissenfels is a place of considerable antiquity, and from 1656 till 1746 it was the See also:capital of the small duchy of See also:Saxe-Weissenfels, a See also:branch of the electoral house of Saxony, founded by See also:Augustus, second son of the elector See also:
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