Bischweiler, a German town of Alsace, on the Moder, 17 miles N. of Strasburg. Its fortifications were dismantled in 1706. It has manufactures of jute, cloth, carpets, and cartridge-cases, and raises hops. Pop. 7014.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 182
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