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Hanau (inhabited place) |
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| Lat: 50 08 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.1333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 008 55 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 8.9167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on canalized Main River at mouth of Kinzig; ruled by medieval house of Hanau; new town founded for Protestant Dutch and Walloon refugees in 1597; ruled by Hesse-Kassel from 1736; largely destroyed in WW II, and rebuilt. |
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Hesse (state) (P) |
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Hanau (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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probably was Roman settlement, modern town grew up around castle of lords of Hanau, chartered in 1303, later founded in 1597 |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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for jewel trade since 16th cen., including cutting of gems, smelting & working precious metals, & making rubber goods |
| cultural center (C) |
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noted as birthplace of philologists & compilers of fairytales, J & W Grimm, & of composer Paul Hindemith |
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site of battle between Austrians & Bavarians against Napoleon's troops in 1813 |
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