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palace of the margraves of Baden, and the Schlosskirche, the latter an edifice of the 12th—15th centuries, containing the tombs and monuments of the margraves. Pforzheim is the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief centre in Germany for the manufacture of See also:

gold and See also:

SILVER

silver ornaments and See also:

JEWELRY (O. Fr. jouel, Fr. joyau, perhaps from joie, joy; Lat. gaudium; retranslated into Low Lat. jocale, a toy, from jocus, by misapprehension of the origin of the word)

jewelry, an See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry which gives employment to about 22,000 hands, besides which there are See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron and See also:

COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper See also:

WORKS

works, and manufactures of chemicals, See also:

paper, See also:

leather, machinery, &c. A brisk See also:

trade is maintained in See also:

TIMBER

timber, See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle and agricultural produce. Pforzheim (Porta Hercyniae) is of See also:

ROMAN

Roman origin. From about 1300 to 1565 it was the seat of the margraves of Baden. It was taken by the troops of the See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

LEAGUE

League in 1624, and was destroyed by the See also:

French in 1689. The See also:

story of the 400 citizens of Pforzheim who sacrificed themselves for their See also:

prince after the See also:

BATTLE

battle of Wimpfen in May 1622 has been relegated by See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

HISTORICAL

historical See also:

RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research to the domain of See also:

LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend. See Coste, See also:

Die 400 Pforzheimer (1879) ; Brombacher, Der See also:

TOD, JAMES (1782-1835)

Tod der 400 Pforzheimer (Pforzheim, 1886); Stolz, Geschichte der Stadl Pforzheim (Pforzheim, 1901).

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