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Wetzlar (vĕts`lär), city (1994 pop. 54,188), Hesse, central Germany, on the Lahn River. Situated in a region where iron ore is mined, the city has a metallurgical industry. Other manufactures include optical equipment (cameras, microscopes, and binoculars), and iron ware. Wetzlar was a free imperial city from 1180 to 1803. The supreme court of the Holy Roman Empire (Ger. Reichskammergericht) was located in the city from 1693 to 1806. Goethe was a young lawyer in Wetzlar when he met (1772) Charlotte Buff, the Lotte in his novel Die Leiden des jungen Werthers (1774). The city passed to Prussia in 1815 and formed an enclave between Nassau and Upper Hesse. It suffered considerable damage in World War II. Noteworthy structures include the cathedral (9th cent.) and the ruins of Kalsmunt castle (13th cent.). 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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Foster City, CA, USA) and examined by light microscopy (Leica Microsystems AG, Wetzlar, Germany) in Tanzania and Axioplan 2 (Carl Zeiss AG, Gottingen, Germany) at CDC at magnifications of x200 to x400. He does so first, obliquely, through an anecdote about one Albrecht Meydenbauer, who, in 1858, set out to measure the facade of the cathedral in Wetzlar, Germany, for purposes of preservation. After graduating from West Point in 1949, General Keith served in various battery and battalion positions in the 517th FA Battalion in Wetzlar, Germany; as battery commander of the 36th FA Group Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Babenhausen, Germany; and as battery commander and S-3 in the 2d Guided Missile Battalion, White Sands, New Mexico. |
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