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Lorch, Wurttemberg

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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A town in the kingdom of Wurttemberg, on the Rems, 26 m. E. from Stuttgart by the railway to Nbrdlingen. Pop. (1905) 3 0 33. It possesses a fine Protestant church dating from the 12th century. Its industries include carriage-building and the manufacture of cement and paper. On the Marienberg lying above the town stands the former Benedictine monastery of Lorch, founded about 1108 by Frederick of Hohenstaufen, and in 1563 converted into an Evangelical college. Here Schiller passed a portion of his school days. The church contains several tombs of the Hohenstaufen family. The Roman limes began at Lorch and Roman remains have been found in the neighbourhood of the town.

See Kirn, Fiihrer durch das Kloster Lorch (Lorch, 1888); and Steimle, Kastell Lorch (Heidelberg, 1897).

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Lorch, Wurttemberg'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​l/lorch-wurttemberg.html. 1910.
 
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