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Wesel, town, North Rhine-Westphalia Land (state), northwestern Germany. It lies along the Rhine and Lippe rivers and the Lippe-Seiten Canal, northwest of the Ruhr. Chartered in 1241, it joined the Hanseatic League in about 1350 and has long been an important trade and shipping point.

Terminology. The English word "weasel" was originally applied to one species of the genus, the European form of the least weasel (Mustela nivalis).This usage is retained in British English, where the name is also extended to cover several other small species of the genus.

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Wesel is a Rhine River cruise port and city in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia/NRW state (Urban district) with population around 60,000. The town is actually located at the confluence of two rivers (Lippe and Rhine). The town grew from a Franconian estate and was first recorded in the mid-8th century.

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