ESSLINGEN  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• WURTTEMBERG

Wurttemberg, in a fertile See also:

• DISTRICT

district on the See also:

• NECKAR

Neckar, 9 M . S.E. from See also:

• STUTTGART

Stuttgart, on the railway to See also:

• ULM

Ulm . Pop . (1905) 29,750 . It is surrounded by See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval walls with towers and bastions, and has thirteen suburbs, one lying on an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the See also:

• RIVER

river . On a commanding height above the town lies the old citadel . The inner town has an old (1430) and a new Rathaus, the latter, formerly a See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, an exceedingly handsome edifice . The See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of Our See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady (Frauenkirche) is a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• BUILDING

building of the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and has a beautifully sculptured See also:

• DOORWAY (corresponding to the Gr. Iran, Lat. porte)

doorway and a lattice See also:

• SPIRE

spire 240 ft. high . The church of St See also:

• DIONYSIUS
• DIONYSIUS (c. 432–367 B.C.)

Dionysius dated from the 13th century, and possesses a fine See also:

• SCREEN (usually, but very doubtfully, connected with Lat. scrinium, a box for holding books, from scribere, to write; a connexion with Ger. Schranke, barrier, has been suggested)

screen and a See also:

• CIBORIUM

ciborium of 1486 . Esslingen possesses several See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, a See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre and a richly endowed See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital, while its municipal archives contain much valuable literature bearing especially on the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation . The town has railway, See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine and See also:

• ELECTRICAL
• ELECTRICAL (or ELECTROSTATIC) MACHINE

electrical See also:

• WORKS

works; See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, gloves and buttons are also manufactured here, and there are See also:

• SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning-See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills . There is a large lithographic See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment, and a consider-able See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade is done in See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine and See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, the wines of Esslingen being very famous .

Esslingen, which See also:

• DATES

dates from the 8th century, became a town in 886 . It was soon a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of importance; it became a See also:

• FREE

free imperial See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city in 1209 and was surrounded with walls by See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick II . Its See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty was frequently threatened by the rulers of Wurttemberg, but it did not become See also:

• PART

part of that See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country until 18oz . See K . H . S . See also:

• PFAFF, JOHANN FRIEDRICH (1765–1825)

Pfaff, Geschichte der Reichsstadt Esslingen (Esslingen, 1852) ; and Strohmfeld, Esslingen in Wort and Bild (Esslingen, 1902) .