LUDWIGSBURG  , a

town in the kingdom of Wurttemberg, 9 M. to the N. of Stuttgart by rail and 11 m. from the river Neckar . Pop . (1905) 23,093 . It was founded and laid out at the beginning of the 18th century by the duke of Wurttemberg, Eberhard Louis, and was enlarged and improved by Duke Charles Eugene . Constructed as the adjunct of a palace the town bears the impress of its origin, with its straight streets and spacious squares . It is now mainly important as the chief military depot in Wurttemberg . The royal palace, one of the finest in Germany, stands in a beautiful park and contains a portrait gallery and the burial vault of the rulers of Wurttemberg . The industries include the manufacture of organs and pianos, of cotton, woollen and linen goods, of chemicals, iron and wire goods, and brewing and brick-making . In the vicinity is the beautiful royal residence of Monrepos, which is connected with the park of Ludwigsburg by a fine avenue of lime trees . From 1758 to 1824 the town was famous for the production of a special kind of porcelain . See Belschner, Ludwigsburg in zwei Jahrhunderten (Ludwigsburg, 1904) .