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REUTLINGEN , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Wurttemberg, situated on the Echatz, an affluent of the See also:Neckar, near the See also:base of the Achalm and 36 m. by See also:rail S. of See also:Stuttgart. Pop. (1905) 23,850. It is a quaintly built town, with many picturesque houses and a See also:fine See also:Gothic See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of the 13th and 14th centuries dedicated to St See also:Mary, which was restored in 1893-1901; it contains in the See also:choir a replica of the See also:Holy See also:Sepulchre and a sculptured See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:font, and has a See also:tower 240 ft. high. Reutlingen has three other Evangelical churches, a See also:Roman See also:Catholic church, a town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, and several monuments, including one to the See also:emperor See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William I. and another to See also:Friedrich See also:List. The See also:industries of the town are numerous, and include the See also:spinning and See also:weaving of See also:cotton, See also:dyeing and See also:bleaching; also the manufacture of See also:leather, machinery, See also:furniture, shoes, See also:paper, clothing, hardware, bricks, See also:beer and woollen goods. Hops, vines and See also:fruit are grown. in the neighbourhood. Reutlingen has several See also:schools and educational establishments, including a celebrated pomological See also:institute. It is also famous as the See also:place where Pastor Gustav See also:Werner (1809-1887) founded his See also:Christian Socialist See also:refuge, which has become widely known in philanthropic circles.
Reutlingen, which is first mentioned in 1213, became a See also:free imperial town in the 13th See also:century and was fortified by the emperor See also:Frederick II., remaining loyal to him and to his son, See also:Conrad 1V. A member of the See also:league of Swabian towns, its citizens defeated See also:Count See also:Ulrich of Wurttemberg on the 14th of May 1377. Later it
joined the Swabian League and was favoured by the emperor See also:Maximilian I. It came into the See also:possession of Wurttemberg in 1802. An See also:explosion which took place on the 27th of See also:December 1852 destroyed many houses in the town.
See Rupp, Aus der Vorzeit Reutlingens and seiner Umgegend (Stuttgart, 1869) ; See also:Hochstetter, Rarer durch Reutlingen and Umgebung (Reutlingen, 1901); and Zwiesele, Geognostischer Fiihrer in der Umgegend von Reutlingen (Stuttgart, 1897).
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