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Extract from the Schweinfurt Travel Guides:
The former Free Imperial City of
SCHWEINFURT
lies 20km down the Main from Hassfurt, its Altstadt on the north bank of the river, a harbour and industrial district on the opposite side. For the past century, it has been known principally as a ball-bearing metropolis, and this ensured it was subject to severe aerial bombardment during World War II. Afterwards, the American forces, who established a large and still active base in the town, allowed the ball-bearing tycoon Georg Schfer to return to his factory, and he had an enormously successful career, establishing subsidiary concerns all around the globe. Schfer used his fortune to fund...
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