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Pforzheim
Pforzheim , city (1994 pop. 117,450), Baden-Württemberg, SW Germany, on the 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 equipment, and paper. An important medieval trade center, Pforzheim often changed hands until it passed to the margraves of Baden in the 13th cent.; the city served as their residence until 1565. Pforzheim was damaged in the Thirty Years War (1618–48) and was devastated (1689) by the French in the War of the Grand Alliance; later, more than three quarters of the city was destroyed in World War II. Noteworthy buildings include an 11th-century church (the only remains of the former margravial residence) and the Romanesque Church of St. Martin. Johann Reuchlin, the German humanist, was born there (1455). |
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Pforzheim
Pforzheim, Baden‐Württemberg/Germany Porta Hercyniae The name probably goes back to that of the Roman settlement from the Latin porta ‘city gate’. In German a gate house or guardroom was a Pförtnerhaus; Heim originally meant ‘place’ or ‘residence’. Thus the meaning might have been an ‘(Enclosed) Place with a Gate’. Its location at the confluence of the Enz, Nagold, and Würm Rivers indicates that it was an important trading place.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Pforzheim." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Pforzheim." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Pforzheim.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Pforzheim." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Pforzheim.html |
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