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Aschaffenburg

/ aˈʃafənbʊrk /

noun

  1. a city in Germany, on the River Main in Bavaria: seat of the Imperial Diet (1447); ceded to Bavaria in 1814. Pop: 68 607 (2003 est)


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He received an enthusiastic greeting at Bruckenau, Kissingen, and Aschaffenburg, where he passed the summer.

A reserve of eight hundred men had been lodged in Aschaffenburg to defend the town if it were attacked.

In utter ignorance of their danger the English marched on along the narrow plain by the river bank towards Aschaffenburg.

Aschaffenburg, called in the middle ages Aschafaburg and also Askenburg, was originally a Roman settlement.

The principality of Aschaffenburg, deriving its name from the city, comprehended an area of 654 English sq. m.

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