The New International Encyclopædia/Rathenow
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RATHENOW, rä'te-nṓ, or RATHENAU. A town in the Province of Brandenburg, Prussia, on the Havel, 45 miles west-northwest of Berlin (Map: Prussia, E 2). It manufactures optical instruments, furniture, asbestos, and stoves. Population, in 1890, 16,353; in 1900, 21,043.