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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of southwest Germany west-northwest of Stuttgart. Chartered c. 1195, it has a noted jewelry and watchmaking industry.

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  • Her father, Guillermo, was born in Pforzheim, Germany, the son of a painter and goldsmith.

    All Things Girl » All Things Girl » Blog Archive » Inspiring Women: Frida Kahlo 2008

  • Elise Blom, on June 4, 1877, in Pforzheim where his father was a pharmaceutical chemist.

    Heinrich Wieland - Biography 1966

  • A spokesman for the Pforzheim police reported to Spiegel Online that "a woman walking her dog alerted the police after seeing the bird sitting by the side of the road oblivious to passing traffic."

    Drunk Owl Taken In By Police The Huffington Post 2011

  • A spokesman for the Pforzheim police reported to Spiegel Online that "a woman walking her dog alerted the police after seeing the bird sitting by the side of the road oblivious to passing traffic."

    Drunk Owl Taken In By Police The Huffington Post 2011

  • First, she was kept at a prison in Pforzheim in Germany, again the first woman agent to be sent to a German prison.

    Author Inspires Memorial for British Spy Noor Inayat Khan 2011

  • A spokesman for the Pforzheim police reported to Spiegel Online that "a woman walking her dog alerted the police after seeing the bird sitting by the side of the road oblivious to passing traffic."

    Drunk Owl Taken In By Police The Huffington Post 2011

  • A spokesman for the Pforzheim police reported to Spiegel Online that "a woman walking her dog alerted the police after seeing the bird sitting by the side of the road oblivious to passing traffic."

    Drunk Owl Taken In By Police The Huffington Post 2011

  • A spokesman for the Pforzheim police reported to Spiegel Online that "a woman walking her dog alerted the police after seeing the bird sitting by the side of the road oblivious to passing traffic."

    Drunk Owl Taken In By Police The Huffington Post 2011

  • "Serpentina: Snake Jewellery from around the World" (Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, November 2011) by art historian and master goldsmith Fritz Falk accompanies an exhibition devoted to the subject at the Jewelry Museum in Pforzheim, Germany (until Feb. 26).

    Jewelry's Slithering Serpents Margaret Studer 2012

  • A spokesman for the Pforzheim police reported to Spiegel Online that "a woman walking her dog alerted the police after seeing the bird sitting by the side of the road oblivious to passing traffic."

    Drunk Owl Taken In By Police The Huffington Post 2011

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