SCHÖNEBECK, a town of Prussia, in the province of Saxony, circle and 10 miles S.S.E. of Magdeburg, on the left bank of the Elbe, and on the railway between Magdeburg and Leipzig. It is an old town, and contains a brewery, distillery, paper-mills, and manufactories of white-lead and chemical substances. But it is chiefly remarkable for its salt-work, which is the largest in the kingdom, employing one thousand men, and yielding yearly about 672,000 cwts. of salt. Pop. 8526.
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