Hainichen, a town of Saxony, the centre of the German flannel manufacture, lies 13 miles NE. of Chemnitz. Besides its staple product, it also manufactures cloth, leather, chenille, and plush. Here Gellert was born in 1715. Pop. 8253.
Hainichen
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 505
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