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Saalfeld (zäl`fĕlt), city (1994 pop. 31,981), Thuringia, E central Germany, on the Thüringer Saale River. Manufactures include machinery, chocolate, and dyes. Iron is mined and slate is quarried nearby. Saalfeld was founded c.1200 and in the 16th cent. was a silver-mining center. It was the capital of the duchy of Saxe-Saalfeld from 1680 to 1735. In 1806 the French defeated the Prussians there during the Napoleonic Wars. The duke of Saxe-Coburg Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Ernest I's brother was crowned (1831) as Leopold I , king of the Belgians, and Ernest's son Albert married (1840) Queen Victoria of Great Britain. Thus the house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha became the ruling dynasty of Belgium and of Great Britain (where the name was ..... Click the link for more information. exchanged (1826) Saalfeld for Gotha with the duke of Saxe-Meiningen. Noteworthy buildings of the city include a 14th-century church, a 16th-century city hall, a 13th-century Franciscan monastery (now a museum), a 13th-century castle, and an 18th-century palace. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Of the passengers mentioned above who boarded the ship, only Saalfeld survived. Kleiber, which is located in Saalfeld, Germany, specializes in the manufacture of infrared pyrometers for temperature measurement of fast processes at high speeds involving response times as quick as 10 microseconds, and is the predominant supplier in that market niche. Other xpedx owned-and-operated businesses include New York-based Bulkley Dunton; Lenexa, KS-based xpedx Printing Technologies/Ryobi, nine Saalfeld redistribution locations and a network of 140 retail paper stores in 32 states that operate under the names xpedx Paper & Graphics, xpedx Paper Store, if it's paper |
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