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Breitung may refer to: * Edward Breitung, American politician * Breitung Township, Michigan * Breitung Township, Minnesota * Breitung Hotel See also * Breitungen, Thuringia, Germany * Breitungen, Saxony-Anhalt Breitungen is a village and a former municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Südharz Südharz (literally "South Harz") is a municipality in the Mansfeld-S� ...
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Edward Breitung
Edward Breitung (November 10, 1831 – March 3, 1887) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1885. Early life and career Breitung, the son of John M. Breitung, a Lutheran minister, was born in the city of Schalkau in the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, Germany (now in Sonneberg District, Thuringia). He attended the College of Mining in Meiningen, then one of the celebrated schools in Germany for scientific and classical studies. In 1849, after the revolution in Germany, he immigrated to the United States and settled in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. He moved to Detroit in 1851 and became a clerk in a mercantile house. He moved to Marquette and engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1859, when he went to Negaunee. Here he was also engaged in the mercantile business; however, his store burnt in 1860. After this, he ran the Pioneer Blast Furnace in Negaunee, with Israel Case, under a four-year ...
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Breitung Township, Michigan
Breitung Charter Township is a charter township of Dickinson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 5,831. History The township is named after Edward Breitung, a miner and U.S. Representative from Michigan. Communities *The cities of Iron Mountain and Kingsford are in the southwest of the township, but are administratively autonomous. *East Kingsford is a part of the Kingsford urban area, located in the township just east of the city boundary at . *Granite Bluff is an unincorporated community between Meriman and Randville at . *Merriman is an unincorporated community on M-95 about seven miles north of Iron Mountain at *Quinnesec is an unincorporated community, defined as a census-designated place in the township, just east of Kingsford and Iron Mountain. * Skidmore is an unincorporated community. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and o ...
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Breitung Township, Minnesota
Breitung Township is a township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 605 at the 2010 census. State Highway 1 ( MN 1) and State Highway 169 ( MN 169) serve as the main route in the township. The unincorporated community of Soudan is located within Breitung Township. Breitung Township is located along part of Lake Vermilion. The city of Tower is nearby. History The township is named after Edward Breitung, who was a miner from Michigan and a former U.S. Representative from that state; in the 1880s, he helped to develop the Soudan Mine in the township. Soudan Underground Mine State Park is located within Breitung Township. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of ; is land and , or 40.80%, is water. Stuntz Bay, Armstrong Bay, Bass Bay, and Canfield Portage Bay of Lake Vermilion are located within Breitung Township. Adjacent townships, cities, and communities The following are adjacent to Breitung T ...
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Breitung Hotel
The Breitung Hotel, named for Edward Breitung, was a hotel at 111 South Pioneer Avenue in Negaunee, Michigan. The hotel, designed by David M. Harteau, was built from 1879 to 1880. The building was listed as a Michigan State Historic Site on June 20, 1985. The hotel was destroyed in a fire. The park at the site of hotel was named Breitung Park in August 2009 in its honor. Architecture The Breitung was a three-story, L-shaped Italian Renaissance building. The facade was cream-colored brick with brownstone trim and stone quoining. The front of the building possessed a four-story, square tower topped by a mansard roof A mansard or mansard roof (also called a French roof or curb roof) is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterised by two slopes on each of its sides, with the lower slope, punctured by dormer windows, at a steeper angle than the upper. The ... with an iron balcony on the third floor. A Late Victorian veranda stretched across the front the building. See also ...
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Breitungen
Breitungen (official name: ''Breitungen/Werra'') is a municipality in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district, Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Werra, southeast of Bad Salzungen. References Schmalkalden-Meiningen {{SchmalkaldenMeiningen-geo-stub ...
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