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4 unusual facts about Esslingen am Neckar


Baedeker

In 1877 (according to the source cited here) Karl, afflicted with an incurable mental condition, moved to a sanatorium near Esslingen am Neckar where he remained for the rest of his life.

F. Dick

One hundred years after the founding of the company, a factory in Esslingen began construction.

Wolf Muser

Wolf Muser (born October 23, 1950 in Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) is a German actor most notably recognized for his role as Marcello Armonti on NBC's soap opera Santa Barbara.

Württemberg B and B2

The Württemberg Class B and Class B2 engines were steam locomotives with the Royal Württemberg State Railways (Königlich Württembergische Staats-Eisenbahnen) first built in 1868 by the Maschinenfabrik Esslingen ('Esslingen engineering works') in Esslingen in the former Kingdom of Württemberg in southern Germany.


C. Lorenz AG

During the 1950s, Lorenz recovered strongly and had several branches: Berlin-Tempelhof (radio communications and broadcasting research); Esslingen am Neckar (radio tubes); Landshut (electrical machines, broadcasting equipment, and signal systems); Pforzheim I (research and model workshop for small-scale transmitting equipment); Pforzheim II (telex factory); and Schaub Pforzheim (radio and television receivers).

Prussian T 14.1

Because many engines had been lost due to break downs or World War I reparations, the Württemberg State Railway procured these locomotives initially for the lines from Esslingen am Neckar via Stuttgart to Ludwigsburg.

Trolleybuses in Montreux/Vevey

Similar vehicles with the type designation AG300T were later supplied to the trolleybus systems in Esslingen am Neckar, Salzburg, Solingen and Arnhem.

Wirtemberg Castle

Wirtemberg Castle was the ancestral castle of the rulers of Württemberg on the Württemberg mountain, located 411 m above sea level in the current municipality of Rotenberg in Stuttgart, between Bad Cannstatt and Esslingen am Neckar.


see also

Esslingen

Maschinenfabrik Esslingen, a former locomotive manufacturing company based in Esslingen am Neckar

Krauser

Helmut Krausser (born 1964, Esslingen am Neckar), a German author, poet and playwright