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Hoyerswerda, Prussia

mersiowsky - 9-26-2014 at 09:43 PM

Hoyerswerda - Nona.net


Hoyerswerda - Wikipedia


Hoyerswerda - Britannica


From Meyers Orts:
Hoyerswerda, 1) capital city (128 m above sea level), on the Schwarzen Elster River, Prussia, Silesia, government district is Liegnitz, district court is Goerlitz, military district office is Muskau; 5,951 residents in 1910; post office, telegraph, telephone, train station with telegraph 1.3 km: Kohlfurt-Falkenberg Line, Bautzen-Petershain Line; district land registry office, lower district court, civil registration office, customs office II, land registry office, office of weights and measures, county board of works, superintendent, medical board, board of trade, railroad board, workshop board, Protestant parish church; training institution for men, girls school, hospital, bathing establishment; electric, water, and gas utilities; Anhalt-Dessau Bank, trust company, city savings bank, small wares market, cattle market, wool mart, glass mart, liquor mart, malt house, soap manufacturer, brewery, mill, knife works, weaving mill, steam service. In addition, village Haag, train station 1.8 km, 129 residents in 1905.