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Economic and social life before that war was dominated by a small number of factory-owning families that would scratch each other's backs. One infamous episode illustrating the way they treated their work force and how they controlled their lives occurred during
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Tegelen developed into a regional centre of industry. At first, tile and pottery factories were established, and later that century, metallurgy and tobacco factories. After 1900
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held every five years in the years that are divisible by 5, in
Openluchttheater De Doolhof. These always attract many visitors. The same open air theater hosts Tegelen's Bluesrock Festival every year.
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was added to the mix. Pottery and related industries were very successful in
Tegelen from 1750 until
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Tegelen has several theater, music and choral organisations. It is internationally famous for its
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in 1815, resulting in the
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Municipalities of the
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times, the former duchy of Jülich became part of the
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561:1831-1836 Jan Josef Ronck (function is called
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601:1945-1960 Mr. Felix Marie Casper Pesch
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502:Where we'll knock back a pint of beer
305:river. Tegelen, with its harbour at
598:1944-1945 Ortsgruppenführer Potthof
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580:1862 Jan van Leipsig (acting Mayor)
574:1848-1852 Gerardus Johannes de Rijc
571:1848 Peter Kurstjens (acting Mayor)
510:Our pint of beer, our pint of beer,
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364:World War I
352:agriculture
333:northward.
249:walled city
245:Middle Ages
237: [
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211:monasterial
179:Pleistocene
159:Netherlands
131:Major roads
79:Netherlands
761:Categories
731:51°20′30″N
635:, comedian
403:Characters
390:tithe barn
331:Maastricht
319:Napoleonic
147:Limburgish
118:Population
734:6°08′10″E
657:Ted Noten
173:stage of
546:Prussian
371:smelters
257:barracks
232:and the
207:diocesan
85:Province
665:, actor
641:, actor
421:in 1988
384:Culture
375:chimney
315:Sittard
265:Blerick
215:castles
189:History
183:fossils
175:Tiglian
171:glacial
165:Tiglian
143:Tegelen
89:Limburg
74:Country
30:Tegelen
556:Schout
311:Urmond
281:Jülich
151:Tegele
563:Mayor
552:Maire
530:Maire
526:Agent
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313:near
307:Steyl
303:Meuse
253:Venlo
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99:Venlo
209:and
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45:Flag
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