Esslingen, an old historic and important manufacturing town in Würtemberg, on the Neckar, 9 m. SE. of Stuttgart; has a citadel and the Liebfrauen Church, which is a fine Gothic structure with a spire 246 ft.; is a noted hardware centre, and celebrated for its machinery; a good trade is done in textiles, fruit, and sparkling champagne.
Population (circa 1900) given as 22,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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