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Mayen
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a town of Germany, in the Prussian Rhine province, on the northern declivity of the Eifel range, 16 m. W. from Coblenz, on the railway Andernach-Gerolstein. Pop. (1905), 13,435. It is still partly surrounded by medieval walls, and the ruins of a castle rise above the town. There are some small industries, embracing textile manufactures, oil mills and tanneries, and a trade in wine, while near the town are extensive quarries of basalt. Having been a Roman settlement, Mayen became a town in 1291. In 1689 it was destroyed by the French.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Mayen'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/m/mayen.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Mayen'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/m/mayen.html. 1910.
