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LUDWIGSBURG , a See also:town in the See also:kingdom of See also:Wurttemberg, 9 M. to the N. of See also:Stuttgart by See also:rail and 11 m. from the See also:river See also:Neckar. Pop. (1905) 23,093. It was founded and laid out at the beginning of the 18th See also:century by the See also:duke of Wurttemberg, See also:Eberhard See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis, and was enlarged and improved by Duke See also:Charles See also:Eugene. Constructed as the See also:adjunct of a See also:palace the town bears the impress of its origin, with its straight streets and spacious squares. It is now mainly important as the See also:chief military See also:depot in Wurttemberg. The royal palace, one of the finest in See also:Germany, stands in a beautiful See also:park and contains a portrait See also:gallery and the See also:burial vault of the rulers of Wurttemberg. The See also:industries include the manufacture of See also:organs and pianos, of See also:cotton, woollen and See also:linen goods, of chemicals, See also:iron and See also:wire goods, and See also:brewing and See also:brick-making. In the vicinity is the beautiful royal See also:residence of Monrepos, which is connected with the park of Ludwigsburg by a See also:fine See also:avenue of See also:lime trees. From 1758 to
1824 the town was famous for the See also:production of a See also:special See also:kind of See also:porcelain.
See Belschner, Ludwigsburg in zwei Jahrhunderten (Ludwigsburg, 1904).
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