WAIBLINGEN
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V28,
Page 245
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
WAIBLINGEN
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Wurttemberg, in the centre of a fruitful See also:vine-growing See also:district on the Rems, to m
.
N.E. from See also:Stuttgart by the See also:main See also:line of railway to See also:Nuremberg via See also:Nordlingen and at the junction of a See also:branch to Hessenthal
.
Pop
.
(1905) 5997
.
It has two Evangelical churches, one of which is a See also:fine See also:Gothic structure of the 15th See also:century, restored in 1866, a See also:Roman See also:Catholic 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 and a See also:modern town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall
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Its See also:industries, which include the making of pottery and See also:silk and the cultivation of See also:fruit and vines, are considerable
.
Waiblingen is mentioned in the 9th century, when it had a See also:palace of the Carolingian sovereigns
.
Subsequently it belonged to the See also:dukes of See also:Franconia, and gave a surname to the See also:emperor See also:Conrad II
.
It was in this way that the See also:Hohenstaufen See also:family, which was descended in the See also:female line from Conrad, received the name of Waiblingen, corrupted by the Italians into Ghibelline
.
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