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LANDAU

Volume 6 · 52 words · 1778 Edition

an ancient, handsome, and very strong town of France, in Lower Alsace. It was formerly imperial, and belonged to Germany, till the treaty of Munster, when it was given up to France. It is seated on the river Zurich, in a pleasant fertile country. E. Long. 8° 12'. N. Lat. 49° 12'.