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(49° 39’ N., 8° 21’ E), town, on Rhine, He e-Darmstadt, Germany; has magnificent Romanesque cathedral, dating from XII. cent.,and. other old churches. Has important river wine, artificial wool, bone dust, to bacca, patent leather, furniture, machinery. W. was one of Charlemagne’s residences. Here in 1521 Luther defended his theological position at Diet of W. Pop. (1920) 44,290.