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Encyclopedia Britannica



SCHLEIZ

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 334 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SAR-SCY
SCHLEIZ , a town of Germany, second
capital
  of the principality of Reuss, Younger Line, situated in a fertile
district
  on the river Wiesenthal, 20 M. by
rail
  N.W. of
Plauen
 . Pop. (1905) 5577 It has a palace, with a chapel and a library, three churches, one of them containing the burial vaults of the princes, several educational establishments, and various small
industries
  such as the manufacture of hosiery, toys, sweetmeats and lamps. It has a market for cattle and pigs.
Schleiz was originally a Slav
settlement
 , but received civic privileges in 1359. There was a
settlement
  of the Teutonic Order here, and for some years previous to 1848 the town was the
capital
  of the small principality of Reuss-Schleiz. In the vicinity a
battle
  was fought, on the 9th of October ,8o6, between the
French
  and the Prussians.
See
Alberti
 , Aus vergangenen Tagen des Reussenlandes and der Stadt Schleiz (Schleiz, 1896).


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