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Volume 19 · 89 words · 1842 Edition

a town of the Austrian province of Tyrol, in the circle of Innspruck. It stands on the river Inn, and having been destroyed in the course of hostilities during the year 1809, has been since rebuilt. It has again become a seat of the cotton manufacture, and of the fabrication of iron and cutlery goods and copper ware, mines of the latter being near to it. The population in 1837 amounted to 7500, and has now grown to upwards of 10,000. Long. 12° 34'. E. Lat. 47° 32'. N.