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Old Town Hall: REICHENBACH, Saxony, 11 miles southwest of and in the circle of Zwickau, 11 miles northeast of Plauen, is a manufacturing town, trading considerably in woolen and cotton goods, and has a notable town hall. This was the home of the distinguished antiquary, Bot-tiger (q.v.). Pop. 30,802.
REICHENBERG. lik'Hen-berg, Czechoslovakia, town in Bohemia, on the Neisee, about 60 miles in direct line north-northeast of Prague (q.v.). It is a well-built town with several modern public buildings and a number of historic edifices dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries.
VELLETRI, va-la'tre, town, Italy, in Roma Province, western Latium, 20 miles southeast of Rome. It contains a 13th-century cathedral which was reconstructed in 1660, and a town hall dating from the 16th century. Velletri was known to the ancients as Velitrae. It was an important town of the Volsci, and was taken by the Romans in 338 B.C. In World War II it was defended by German troops until June 2, 1944, when United States forces captured it. Pop
(1961) 40,053.
Church) and the 15th century Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall) have been restored. The Leine flows past remnants of the medieval town walls and past the 17th century Leine castle, restored as the state parliament. The modern commercial heart of the city and the opera house lie in an area developed in the 19th century between the medieval town and the main railway station.
Hannover is a green city; a belt of open land along the Leine River separates the Linden industrial quarter, an independent town until 1920, from the main part of the city.
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