1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ELLWANGEN, a town of Germany in the kingdom of WUrttcmberg, on the Jagst, 12 m. S.S.E. from Crailsheim on the railway to Goldshofc. Pop. 5000. It is romantically situated between two hills, one crowned by the castle of Hohen-Ellwangen, built in 1354 and now used as an agricultural college, and the other, the Schdnenberg, by the pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Loreto, in the Jesuit style of architecture. The town possesses one Evangelical and five Roman Catholic churches, among the latter the Stiftskirche, the old …
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