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LINGEN , a town in the Prussian province of Hanover, on the Ems canal, 43 M. N.N.W. of Munster by rail. Pop. 7500. It has iron foundries, machinery factories, railway workshops and a considerable trade
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The county of Lingen, of which this town was the capital , was united in the middle ages with the county of Treklenburg. In 15o8, however, it was separated from this and was divided into an upper and a lower county, but the two were united in 1541.LINGUET 729A little. later Lingen was sold to the emperor Charles V., from whom it passed to his son, Philip II. of Spain, who ceded it in 1597 to Maurice
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Prussia , and in 1815 the lower county was transferred to Hanover, only to be united again with Prussia in 1866.See M611er, Geschichte der vormaligen Grafschaft Lingen (Lingen, 1874); Herrmann, Die Erwerbung der Stadt and Grafschaft Lingen durch die Krone Preussen (Lingen, 19o2); and Schriever, Geschichte des Kreiges Lingen (Lingen, 1905). End of Article: LINGEN If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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