EMMENDINGEN

emmendingen, a town of germany, in the grand-duchy of baden, close to the black forest, on the elz and the main line of railway mannheim-constance. pop. 6200. it has a protestant church with a fine spire, a roman catholic church, a handsome town-hall, an old castle (now a hospital), once the residence of the counts of hochberg, spinning mills, tanneries and manufactures of photographic instruments, paper, machinery and cigars. there is also a considerable trade in timber and cattle. here the author johann georg schlosser (1739-1799), the husband of goethe's sister cornelia (who died in 1777 and is interred in the old graveyard), was _oberamtmann_ (bailiff) for a few years. emmendingen was formerly the seat of the counts of hochberg, a cadet branch of the margraves of baden. in 1418 it received market rights from the emperor, and in 1590 was raised to the status of a town, and walled, by margrave jacob iii. emmerich (the ancient _embrica_), a town of germany, in the prussian rhine province, on the right bank of the rhine and the railway from cologne to amsterdam, 5 m. n.e. of cleves. pop. (1905) 12,578. it has a considerable shipping trade, and manufactories of tobacco and cigars, chocolate, margarine, oil, chemicals, brushes, vinegar, soap, guano and perfumery. there are also iron foundries and machine factories. the old minster church, built in the middle of the 11th century, contains some fine choir stalls. emmerich, formerly called embrika and emrik, originally a roman colony, is mentioned in records so early as the 7th century. st willibrord founded a monastery and church here. in 1233 the place came into the possession of the dukes of gelderland and received the status of a town in 1247. in 1371 it fell to the duchy of cleves, and passed with it in 1609 to brandenburg. the town joined the hanseatic league in 1407. in 1794 it was bombarded by the french under general vandamme, and in 1806 it was assigned to the grand-duchy of berg. it passed into the possession of prussia in 1815. see a. dederich, _annalen der stadt emmerich_ (emmerich, 1867).