The New International Encyclopædia/Reutlingen

REUTLINGEN, roit'līng-en. A town in the Kingdom of Württemberg, Germany, on the Echatz, at the foot of the Swabian Alps, 20 miles south of Stuttgart (Map: Germany, C 4). The thirteenth-century Gothic church, partly rebuilt in 1844, is now undergoing a thorough restoration. There are a gymnasium, a weaving school, a school of women's work, and a pomological institute. The town is an important centre of the yarn, woolen, cotton, and cloth industry. In 1240 Reutlingen became a free Imperial city. Subsequently it was a member of the Swabian League, and was annexed to Württemberg in 1803. Population, in 1890, 18,542; in 1900, 21,481.