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Bible Encyclopedias
Nierstein
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a village of Germany, in the grand duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, on the left bank of the Rhine, 8 m. S. from Mainz by the railway to Worms. Pop. (1905) 4445. It contains a Roman Catholic and a Protestant church, an old Roman bath - Sironabad - and sulphur springs. It is famous for its wines, in which a large export trade is done. Nierstein was originally a Roman settlement, and was a royal residence under the Carolingian rulers. Later it passed from the emperor to the elector palatine of the Rhine.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Nierstein'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/n/nierstein.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Nierstein'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/n/nierstein.html. 1910.
