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Eisleben

(Encyclopedia)Eisleben īsˈlābən [key], city, Saxony-Anhalt, E Germany, at the foot of the Harz Mts. It is ...

Pirna

(Encyclopedia)Pirna pĭrˈnä [key], city (1989 est. pop. 47,100), Saxony, E central Germany, on the Elbe River. Manufactures of this industrial city include rayon, paper, glass, furniture, and steel. Nearby are sa...

Iserlohn

(Encyclopedia)Iserlohn ēˌzərlōnˈ [key], city, North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany. It is a commercial ...

Schwäbisch Hall

(Encyclopedia)Schwäbisch Hall shvĕbˈĭsh häl [key] or Hall, city (1994 pop. 33,892), Baden-Württemberg, S Germany, on the Kocher River. It is a rail junction and has manufactures in building materials, textile...

Sulzbach

(Encyclopedia)Sulzbach zo͝oltsˈbäkh [key], city (1994 pop. 20,038), Saarland, SW Germany; chartered 1946. It was formerly an industrial center of the Saar coal basin. ...

Chorzów

(Encyclopedia)Chorzów hôˈzho͞of [key], city, Śląskie prov., S Poland. A rail junction and a center of...

Amberg

(Encyclopedia)Amberg ämˈbĕrk [key], city, Bavaria, S central Germany, on the Vils River. The large iron mines have been worked since the Middle Ages. Until 1810, Amberg was capital o...

Neubrandenburg

(Encyclopedia)Neubrandenburg noibränˈdənbûrkˌ [key], city (1994 pop. 95,540), Mecklenburg–West Pomerania, NE Germany, on the Tollensesee. Manufactures include paper, chemicals, wood, leather, and food produc...

Lünen

(Encyclopedia)Lünen lüˈnən [key], city (1994 pop. 89,740), North Rhine–Westphalia, N central Germany, on the Lippe River. Its manufactures include iron, copper, metal fittings, textiles, and aluminum. Motor v...

Wałbrzych

(Encyclopedia)Wałbrzych välˈbzhĭkh [key], Ger. Waldenburg, city (1992 est. pop. 141,300), Dolnośląskie prov., SW Poland. Coal mining, chemical production, metallurgy, and textile milling are the chief economi...