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Lorch, Prussia
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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A town in the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau, romantically situated on the right bank of the Rhine, 8 m. below Rudesheim by the railway Frankfort-on-Main-WiesbadenCologne. Pop. (1905) 2269. It has a fine Gothic Roman Catholic church - St Martin's - dating from the 14th century. The slopes of the hills descending to the Rhine are covered with vineyards, which produce excellent wine. In the neighbourhood of Lorch, which was mentioned as early as 832, is the ruined castle of Nollich.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Lorch, Prussia'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/l/lorch-prussia.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Lorch, Prussia'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/l/lorch-prussia.html. 1910.
