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Encyclopedia Britannica



EMMERICH (the ancient Embrica)

This article appears in Volume V09, Page 342 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ECG-EMS
EMMERICH (the ancient Embrica) , a town of Germany, in the Prussian Rhine province, on the right bank of the Rhine and the railway from Cologne to
Amsterdam
 , 5 M. N.E. of Cleves. Pop. (1905) 12,578. It has a considerable shipping
trade
 , and manufactories of tobacco and cigars,
chocolate
 , margarine, oil, chemicals, brushes, vinegar, soap, guano and
perfumery
 . There are also
iron
  foundries and
machine
  factories. The old minster
church
 , built in the middle of the 11th
century
 , contains some fine choir stalls.
Emmerich, formerly called Embrika and Emrik, originally a Roman colony, is mentioned in records so early as the 7th
century
 . St Willibrord founded a monastery and
church
  here. In 1233 the place came into the possession of the dukes of Gelderland and received the status of a town in 1247. In 1371 it fell to the duchy of Cleves, and passed with it in 1609 to Brandenburg. The town joined the Hanseatic League in 1407. In 1794 it was bombarded by the French under General
Vandamme
 , and in 18o6 it was assigned to the grand-duchy of Berg. It passed into the possession of
Prussia
  in 1815.
See A. Dederich, Annalen der Stadt Emmerich (Emmerich, 1867).


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