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LIMPURG

Volume 10 · 87 words · 1797 Edition

a barony of Germany, in the circle of Franconia, included almost entirely within Swabia, and seated to the south of Hall in Swabia. It is about 15 miles long, and eight broad. Gaildorf and Schonburg, near which is the castle of Limpurg, are the principal places.

a town of Germany, in the electorate of Trier or Trevos, and in Wetterau, formerly free and imperial, but now subject to the electorate of Trevos. It is seated on the river Lahn. E. Long. 8. 13. N. Lat. 50. 18.