Spremberg

Spremberg, a town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Brandenburg, situated partly on an island in the river Spree and partly on the west bank, 76 miles south-east of Berlin by the railway to Görlitz. Pop. (1905) 11,188.

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Germany - Prussia - Brandenburg - River Spree - Berlin - Görlitz

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There are a Roman Catholic and two Evangelical churches, a pilgrimage chapel, dating from 1100, a ducal chateau, built by a son of the elector John George about the end of the 16th century (now utilized as government offices), classical, technical and commercial schools and a hospital. It carries on considerable manufactures of woollen cloth.

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Roman Catholic - Elector John George - 16th century

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