GUTERSLOH
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GUTERSLOH , a town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Westphalia, i 1 m. S. W. from Bielefeld by the railway to Dortmund . Pop. (1905), 7375 It is a seat of silk and cotton industries , and has a large trade in Westphalian hams and sausages. Printing, brewing and distilling are also carried on, and the town is famous for its rye-bread (Pumpernickel). Gutersloh has two Evangelical churches, a Roman Catholic church See Also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
, a synagogue , a school and other educational establishments.
See Eickhoff, Geschichte der Stadt and Gemeinde Gutersloh (Gutersloh, 1904).
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