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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: DRO-ECG |
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DUREN , a town of Germany, in the Prussian Rhine province, on the right bank of the Roer, 19 M. E. from Aix-la-Chapelle on the main line of railway to Cologne. Pop. (1905) 29,270. It has two Protestant
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Duren derives its name, not, as was at one time believed, from the Marcodurum of the Ubii, mentioned in Tacitus, but from the Dura or Duria, assemblies held by the Carolingians
Count William of Julich, it became incorporated with the duchy of that name, and with it passed to Prussia in 1816.End of Article: DUREN If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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