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Esslingen (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 48 45 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 48.7500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 009 18 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 9.3000 decimal degrees |
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Note: The town of Esslingen is located on the Neckar River in the district of Stuttgart in southwestern Germany at a site of commanding, strategic height. It lies at the center of a fertile wine-producing and fruit-growing area. Documented in 777 as Cella and in 866 as Hetsilinga, it was fortified and chartered about 1219. It was a free imperial city until it passed to Württemberg in 1802. Historic architecture includes three town halls, the old citadel standing upon a high crest, and the Church of Our Lady, built between 1321 and 1516, the first structure to be designed in the Swabian gothic style. The 2004 estimated population was 91,600. |
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| Esslingen (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Esslingen (German-P,U,N)
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| Esslingen am Neckar (C,V,German,U,N)
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| Eszlingen (NA,V)
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| Eszlingen am Neckar (NA,V)
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| אסלינגן (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Cella (H,V)
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............ | name documented in 777 |
| Hetsilinga (H,V)
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............ | name documented in 866 |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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first documented in 8th century, chartered ca. 1220 |
| city (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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| imperial city (H) |
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status held 1360-1802 |
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