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Schwabach

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Schwabach , city (1994 pop. 37,307), Bavaria, S Germany. Manufactures include wire, needles, chemicals, and processed foods. Schwabach was chartered in the late 14th cent. It passed to Prussia in 1791 and to Bavaria in 1806. Noteworthy buildings include the late Gothic church (1469-95), which contains carvings by Veit Stoss and a tabernacle by Adam Kraft, and the city hall (1528). The Articles of Schwabach, drawn up in the city in 1529, were used in drafting (1530) the Augsburg Confession of the Lutheran faith. The Articles emphasized differences between Luther and Zwingli, and therefore many... Read more
Erlangen
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition , city (1994 pop. 102,380), Bavaria, S Germany, at the confluence of the Schwabach and Regnitz rivers. It is an industrial and transportation center. Manufactures include medical equipment, gloves, hats, and drapery ... Read more
Michael Wolgemut
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ... abstract style. Wolgemut was the master of Albrecht Dürer. Besides large painted and sculptured altarpieces at Zwickau and Schwabach, executed in his shop, Wolgemut produced hundreds of designs for illustrated books such as the World Chronicle of 1493. The ... Read more

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