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RAVENSBURG

Volume 16 · 102 words · 1797 Edition

a county of Germany, in Westphalia, bounded on the north by the bishoprics of Osnaburg and Minden, on the east by Lemgow, on the south by the bishopric of Paderborn, and on the west by that of Munster. It belongs to the king of Prussia, and has its name from the castle of Ravensburg.

a free and imperial town of Germany, in Algow, in the circle of Swabia. It is well built, and the public structures are handsome. The inhabitants are partly Protestants and partly Papists. It is seated on the river Chenfs, in E. Long. 9° 46'. N. Lat. 47° 44'.