Ulm
a town of Germany, in Württemberg; at the base of the Suabian Alps, on a declivity, and on the left bank of the Danube. The city is very strongly fortified, of great age, and has many quaint and curious streets and buildings, many of the tall houses forming the narrow irregular streets being constituted of wood, and most elaborately carved. The cathedral is the great object of admiration, being one of the largest and loftiest Gothic ecclesiastical buildings in Germany. The tombs, stained windows, and shrines, oak carvings, and paintings in oil by the early German masters, which adorn the interior, make the cathedral of Ulm in every respect unique. Manufactures are linen, silks, paper, leather, tobacco, porcelain, and playing cards.
Pop. about 60,000.