Description
Book SynopsisThis work is a historiography of the German town of Erlangen, which lies approximately 20 kilometers north of Nuremberg in the Franconian region of Bavaria. With a current population of just over 100,000, the city is primarily noted for its university and as the headquarters of the Siemens Corporation. In this book, author Gary Fouse, who spent three years as a U.S. military policeman in Erlangen, traces the history of Erlangen from its humble beginnings as a village in 1002 to the current era. Fouse describes the city during the most important historical events in German history including the Reformation, the Thirty Years War, the Napoleonic Wars, the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871, the two world wars and post-World War II recovery. Fouse delves into the life of the city under the rule of the House of Hohenzollern, the arrival in 1686 of French Huguenot refugees, the founding of the university, and the history of the Jewish community in Erlangen. Also detailed is the history of the
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Map Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 Origins and Early Times 1002-1648 Chapter 5 Erlangen and the Hohenzollerns- From Christian Ernst to Bavarian Rule 1648-1810 Chapter 6 Famous Figures at the Friedrich-Alexander University- 18th to 19th Centuries Chapter 7 Erlangen Under Bavaria 1810-1900 Chapter 8 Erlangen in World War I, Post-War Revolution, and the Weimar Republic Chapter 9 Erlangen and National Socialism Chapter 10 The Post-War Era Chapter 11 My Erlangen 1966-1968 Chapter 12 Erlangen Faces the Future and Confronts Its Past Chapter 13 Addendum- Erlangen's GI Bars Chapter 14 Bibliography Chapter 15 Index
