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Forst
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(originally Forsta or Forste), a town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Brandenburg, on the Neisse, 44 m. S.E. of Frankfort-on-Oder. Pop. (1905) 33757It has two Evangelical, a Roman Catholic and an Old Lutheran church; there are two schools and two hospitals in the town. The chief industry of Forst is the manufacture of cloth, but spinning, dyeing and the making of artificial flowers are also carried on. Founded in the r3th century, Forst passed in 1667 to the duke of Saxe-Merseburg, becoming part of electoral Saxony in 1740. It was ceded to Prussia in 1815.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Forst'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/f/forst.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Forst'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/f/forst.html. 1910.
