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HARBURG , a seaport town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Hanover, on the left bank of the southern arm of the Elbe, 6 m. by rail S. of Hamburg. Pop. (1885), 26,320; (1905)the area of the town having been increased since 189555,676. It is pleasantly situated at the foot of a lofty range of hills, which here dip down to the river, at the junction of the main lines of railway from Bremen and Hanover to Hamburg, which are carried to the latter city over two grand bridges crossing the southern and the northern arms of the Elbe. It possesses a Roman Catholic and two Protestant
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Harburg belonged originally to the bishopric of Bremen, and received municipal rights in 1297. In 1376 it was united to the principality of Luneburg, along with which it fell in 1705 to Hanover, and in 18o6 to Prussia. In 1813 and 1814 it suffered considerably from the French, who then held Hamburg, and who built a bridge
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See Ludewig, Geschichte des Schlosses and der Stadt Harburg (Harburg, 1845); and Hoffmeyer, Harburg and die nachste Umgegend (1885). End of Article: HARBURG If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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