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PFORZHEIM , a town of Germany, in the grand duchy of Baden, at the confluence of the Nagold and the Enz, on the northern margin of the Black Forest, 19 m. S.E. of Karlsruhe by rail
chief
jewelry , an industry which gives employment to about 22,000 hands, besides which there are iron and copper works, and manufactures of chemicals, paper , leather
trade
Pforzheim (Porta Hercyniae) is of Roman origin. From about 1300 to 1565 it was the seat of the margraves of Baden. It was taken by the troops of the Catholic League in 1624, and was destroyed by the French in 1689. The story of the 400 citizens of Pforzheim who sacrificed themselves for their prince after the battle of Wimpfen in May 1622 has been relegated by modern
See Coste, Die 400 Pforzheimer (1879) ; Brombacher, Der Tod der 400 Pforzheimer (Pforzheim, 1886); Stolz, Geschichte der Stadl Pforzheim (Pforzheim, 1901). End of Article: PFORZHEIM If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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