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Volume 11 · 73 words · 1842 Edition

town of Bavaria, the capital of the bailiwick of the same name in the circle of the Upper Danube. It stands on the Danube, and contains two churches, 396 houses, and 2240 inhabitants. It is celebrated as the scene of one of Marlborough's most splendid victories gained in 1704, and as the field of defeat of the Austrians by the French in 1800. Long. 10. 28. 25. E. Lat. 48. 36. 30. N.