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Backnang

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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a town of Germany, in the kingdom of Wurttemberg, 19 m. by rail N.E. from Stuttgart. Pop. (1900) 7650. It has an interesting church, dating from the 12th century, and notable tanneries and leather factories, woollen and cloth mills. In 1325 Backnang was ceded to Wurttemberg by Baden. In the vicinity is the Wilhelmsheim sanatorium for consumptives.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Backnang'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/backnang.html. 1910.
 
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