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Gütersloh

(Encyclopedia)Gütersloh gütˈərslō [key], city, North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany. Its diverse indust...

Greiz

(Encyclopedia)Greiz grīts [key], city, Thuringia, central E Germany, on the White Elster River. Manufactur...

Auerstedt

(Encyclopedia)Auerstedt ouˈərshtĕt [key], village, Thuringia, S central Germany. At Auerstedt on Oct. 14, 1806 (the same day Napoleon I triumphed at Jena), French Marshal Louis Nicholas Davout defeated the Pruss...

Neumünster

(Encyclopedia)Neumünster noIˈmünˌstər [key], city (1994 pop. 82,014), Schleswig-Holstein, N central Germany. It is a transportation and industrial center; manufactures include machinery, textiles, leather, and...

Bernburg

(Encyclopedia)Bernburg bĕrnˈbo͝ork [key], city, Saxony-Anhalt, E Germany, on the Saale River. It has imp...

Stassfurt

(Encyclopedia)Stassfurt shtäsˈfo͝ort [key], city (1994 pop. 24,025), Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany. It is a center of one of the world's great potash-mining regions. City manufactures include chemicals, foodstu...

Schilling, Johannes

(Encyclopedia)Schilling, Johannes yōhänˈəs shĭlˈĭng [key], 1828–1910, German sculptor. He is represented by many monuments in Germany, including the colossal Germania (1883), a national monument in the Nie...

Rüsselsheim

(Encyclopedia)Rüsselsheim rüsˈəls-hīm [key], city (1994 pop. 60,361), Hesse, central W central Germany, on the Main River. It is a center for the assembly of automobiles. Rüsselsheim was chartered in 1437 and...

Bad Nauheim

(Encyclopedia)Bad Nauheim bät nouˈhīm [key], town, Hesse, central Germany, in the Taunus Mts. It is a wo...

Bad Reichenhall

(Encyclopedia)Bad Reichenhall bät rīˈkhənhäl [key] or Reichenhall, town, Bavaria, S central Germany, on ...