CALW  or KALW, a

town of Germany, in the kingdom of Wurttemberg, on the Nagold, 34 M . S.W. of Stuttgart by rail . Pop . (1905), 4943 . It contains a Protestant and a Roman Catholic Church, two schools, missionary institution, and a fine 1 Adherents and members in scattered hamlets and attending different meeting-houses or chapels, often combine to form one society or church . public library . The industries include spinning and weaving operations in wool and cotton . Carpets, cigars and leather are also manufactured . The timber trade, chiefly with the Nether-lands, is important . The place is in favour as a health resort . The name of Calw appears first in 1037 . In the middle ages the town was under the dominion of a powerful family of counts, whose possessions finally passed to Wurttemberg in 1345 .

In 1634 the town was taken by the Bavarians, and in 1692 by the

French .