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OFFENBURG - LoveToKnow Article on OFFENBURG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | In 1223 it became a town; in 1248 it passed to the bishop of Strassburg; and in 1289 it became an imperial free city. |
| | Soon, however, this position was lost, but it was regained about the middle of the 16th century, and Offenburg remained a free city until 1802, when it became part of Baden. |
| | In 1632 it was taken by the Swedes, and in 1689 it was destroyed by the French. |
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