Pforzheim

Pforzheim is a town of over 120,000 population inside the federal country of Baden-Wurttemberg, inside the southwest of Germany. It is thought for its jewelry and watch-making enterprise, and as such has received the nickname "Goldstadt". With a place of 907.8 km², it's far located among the cities of Stuttgart and Karlsruhe on the confluence of 3 rivers. It marks the frontier between Baden and Wurttemberg, being positioned on Baden territory.

From 1535 to 1565, it turned into the home to the Margraves of Baden-Pforzheim. The City of Pforzheim does now not belong to any administrative district, even though it hosts the executive offices of the Enz district that surrounds the city. During World War II, Pforzheim was bombed through the Allies some of times. The largest raid, and one of the maximum devastating region bombardments of World War II, turned into carried out through the Royal Air Force at the nightime of 23 February 1945.

Nearly 10.33 of the town's populace, 17,600 human beings, had been killed within the air raid, and approximately 83% of the metropolis's homes had been destroyed. The Allies believed that precision contraptions were being produced here for use in the German struggle effort and that the metropolis was a transport centre for the movement of German troops.