HOHENHEIM

hohenheim, a village of germany, in the kingdom of wurttemberg, 7 m. s. of stuttgart by rail. pop. 300. it came in 1768 from the counts of hohenheim to the dukes of wurttemberg, and in 1785 duke karl eugen built a country house here. this house with grounds is now the seat of the most important agricultural college in germany; it was founded in 1817, was raised to the position of a high school in 1865, and now ranks as a technical high school with university status. see frohlich, _das schloss und die akademie hohenheim_ (stuttgart, 1870).