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ETTENHEIM

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 863 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ETTENHEIM , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the See also:grand-duchy of See also:Baden, pleasantly situated on the Ettenbach, under the western slope of the See also:Black See also:Forest, 7 m. E. from the See also:Rhine by See also:rail. Pop. (1900) 3106. It has a handsome See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:church, with See also:ceiling frescoes, and containing the See also:tomb of See also:Cardinal See also:Rohan, the last See also:prince See also:bishop of See also:Strassburg, who resided here from 1790 till 1803; a See also:Protestant church and a See also:medieval town-See also:hall. i See also:Tile or Vipi or Tetna, of men. e.g. Titi or Vipinei or Tetinei, of See also:women. (3) cognomen =additional See also:family name. e.g. Faru or Petru of men, Farui, Vetui of women. (4) agnomen =See also:special cognomen derived from the cognomen of the Its See also:industries include the manufacture of See also:tobacco, See also:soap and See also:leather, and there is a considerable See also:trade in See also:wine and agricultural produce.

Founded in the 8th See also:

century by Eddo, bishop of Strassburg, Ettenheim remained attached to that see until 1802, when it passed to Baden. See also:Louis See also:Antoine See also:Henri de See also:Bourbon-See also:Conde, See also:duke of See also:Enghien (1972-1804), who had taken See also:refuge here in 18o1, was arrested in Ettenheim on the 15th of See also:March 1804 and conveyed to See also:Paris, where he was shot on the loth of March following. The See also:Benedictine See also:abbey of Ettenheimmunster, which was founded in the 8th century and which was dissolved in 1803, occupied a site See also:south of the town.

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