11) Zahringen. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden, and can be traced to the 10th cent. The family held extensive fiefs in Baden and W Switzerland, and Duke Berthold V, one of the most...
12) Rastatt. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Murg River, near the French border; sometimes spelled Rastadt. Manufactures include machinery, lumber, beer, and furniture. First mentioned in 1247, Rastatt was destroyed...
13) Swabia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Wurttemberg and SW Bavaria, SW Germany. It is bounded in the east by Upper Bavaria, in the west by France, and in the south by Switzerland and Austria. It includes...
14) Wurttemberg. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Wurttemberg was formerly also spelled Wurtemberg and Wirtemberg. The former state bordered on Baden in the northwest, west, and southwest, on Hohenzollern and Switzerland...
15) Breisgau. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Rhine plain and the western slopes of the Black Forest. Freiburg is the chief city. After the extinction (1218) of the first house of Zahringen, it was divided among...
16) Karlsruhe. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Black Forest, connected by canal with a port on the nearby Rhine River. It is a transportation, industrial, and cultural center and is the seat of the federal constitutional...
17) Konstanz. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Rhine River at the western end of Lake Constance (Bodensee), and near the Swiss border. Its industries include engineering and the manufacture of textiles, chemicals,...
18) Sigel, Franz. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Union general in the American Civil War, b. Sinsheim, Baden, Germany. An officer in the army of Baden, he was a leader (1848-49) of the Baden revolutionary forces....
19) Mannheim. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Rhine River and at the mouth of the Neckar River. A bridge connects it with Ludwigshafen, on the opposite bank of the Rhine. It is a major inland port and an industrial...
20) Pforzheim. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Enz River, at the northern end of the Black Forest. It is the center of the German jewelry and watchmaking industry. Other manufactures include machinery, electrical...
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