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KEMPTEN

Volume 11 · 97 words · 1823 Edition

a town of Germany, in Lower Swabia, and in Algow, and also in the territory of the abbot of Kempten, who was a prince of the empire. It belongs now to Bavaria. The inhabitants are Protestants, and amount to 5300. It is seated on the river Iller. E. Long. 10. 33. N. Lat. 47. 47.

a territory in the circle of Suabia, in Germany, between the bishopric of Augsburg and the barony of Walburg. It is about 17 miles long and broad; and has no considerable place but the towns of Kempten and Kaufbeuren, which are imperial.