The Enz River is 112 kilometers long and is a tributary of the Neckar, which in turn flows into the Rhine at Mannheim. For most of its length (92 kilometers) the Nagold is a pleasant and picturesque river, flowing as it does through the Black Forest and passing for instance Read More …
Since the eighteenth century, Pforzheim has been famous for its jewelry and watchmaking industries, which for many years were the basis of the city’s prosperity. In recent years they have diversified considerably, but to this day Pforzheim has a Goldsmith and Watchmaking Vocational School which is said to be the Read More …
A claque, especially in the 18th and 19th centuries, was a group of people who were paid to applaud certain singers or actors, and to boo others. This group of four statues, called The Claque, was created in 1987 by Guido Messer. The statues are now located by the Enz Read More …
One of the main squares in Pforzheim, Germany, is called the Square of the 23rd of February 1945. On that day, shortly before the end of the Second World War, 379 British bombers destroyed the city in only twenty-two minutes, killing more than 18,000 people — nearly a third of Read More …
Pforzheim is a city of nearly 120,000 people at the northern edge of the Black Forest in Germany. It has a full-scale city theater with its own opera ensemble, orchestra, chorus, acting company and ballet, which is quite remarkable when you consider that the nearby cities of Karlsruhe and Stuttgart Read More …