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Encyclopedia Britannica



FRIEDBERG

This article appears in Volume V11, Page 215 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: FRA-GAE
FRIEDBERG , the name of two towns in Germany.
1. A small town in Upper Bavaria, with an old castle, known mainly as the
scene
  of Moreau's victory of the 24th of August 1796 over the Austrians.
2. FRIEDBERG IN DER WETTERAU, in the grand duchy of Hesse-
Darmstadt
 , on an
eminence
  above the Usa, 14 M. N. of Frankfort-on-Main, on the railway to Cassel and at the junction of a line to Hanau. Pop. (1905) 7702. It is a picturesque town, still surrounded by old walls and towers, and contains many medieval buildings, of which the beautiful
Gothic
  town
church
  (Evangelical) and the old castle are especially noteworthy. The grand-ducal palace has a beautiful
garden
 . The schools include technical and agricultural academies and a teachers'
seminary
 . It has manufactures of
sugar
 , gloves and leather, and breweries. Friedberg is of Roman origin, but is first mentioned as a town in the Iith century. In 1211 it became a free imperial city, but in 1349 was pledged to the
counts
  of
Schwarz
 -burg, and subsequently often changed hands, eventually in 1802 passing to Ilesse-
Darmstadt
 .
See Dieffenbach, Geschichte der Stadt and Burg Friedberg (Darms., 1857).


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