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Strasburg
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Capital, since 1871, of Alsace-Lorraine, on the Ill, a few miles above its confluence with the Rhine, 89 m. N. of Basel; a place of great strategical importance, and a fortress of the first class; is a city of Roman origin, and contains a magnificent Gothic cathedral (11th century) with a famous astronomical clock, an imperial palace, university, &c.; manufactures embrace beer, leather, cutlery, jewellery, &c.; there is also a busy transit trade; a free town of the German empire in the 13th century; fell into the hands of the French in 1681, and was captured by the Germans, after a seven weeks' siege, on 28th September 1870, after which it became finally German, as it was originally, by the peace of Frankfort, May 1871.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Strasburg'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/strasburg.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Strasburg'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/strasburg.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
