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Reutlingen

a town of Württemberg; 8 miles E. by S. of Tübingen and 20 20 S. of Stuttgart. Many of its houses. are old and picturesque. picturesque. The Church of St. Mary (1247-1343), with a tower 243 feet high, is a noble Gothic edifice.

Prior to the World War woolen and cotton yarns were spun, and cloth, leather, cutlery, hosiery, paper, etc., were manufactured. Reutlingen was formerly a free imperial town and a member of the Suabian League; it came to Württemberg in 1802. Pop. about 30,000.

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