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GEISLINGEN , a See also: town of See also: Germany in the See also: kingdom of See also: Wurttemberg, on the Thierbach, 38 m. by See also: rail E.S.E. of See also: Stuttgart
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Pop
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(1905) 7050
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It has shops for the See also: carving and turning of See also: bone, ivory, See also: wood and See also: horn, besides iron-See also: works, machinery factories, See also: glass-works, See also: brewing and See also: bleaching works, &c
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The See also: church of St Mary contains wood-carving by Jorg Syrlin the Younger
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Above the town lie the ruins of the
See also: castle of Helfenstein, which was destroyed in 1552
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Having been for a few years in the possession of See also: Bavaria, the town passed to Wurttemberg in 1810
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See Weitbrecht, Wanderungen durch Geislingen and See also: seine Umgebung (Stuttgart, 1896)
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