Germersheim, a town of the Bavarian Palatinate, occupies a marshy site on the left bank of the Rhine, 8 miles SSW. of Spire. Founded in 1276, it fell into the hands of the French in 1644, 1674, and 1688; and in 1793 the Austrians here defeated the French. Pop. 6132.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 190
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