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CRAILSHEIM, or KRAILSHEIM

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 362 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CRAILSHEIM, or KRAILSHEIM  , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Wurttemberg, on the Jagst, a tributary of the See also:Neckar, at the junction of See also:railways to See also:Heilbronn and See also:Furth . Pop . (1900) 5251 . There are two Evangelical churches and a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:church, and a handsome town See also:hall, with a See also:tower 225 ft. high . The See also:industrial establishments include extensive tanneries and See also:machine workshops, and there is a brisk See also:trade in See also:cattle and agricultural produce . See also:Crailsheim was incorporated as a town in 1338, successfully withstood a See also:siege by the forces of several Swabian imperial cities (1379-1380), a feat which is annually celebrated, passed later into the See also:possession of the burgraves of See also:Nuremberg, and came in 1791 to See also:Prussia, in 1806 to See also:Bavaria and 1810 to Wurttemberg .

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