Apolda

Apolda, a town of Saxe-Weimar, 9½ miles NE. of Weimar by rail. It is a place of much industrial activity, having extensive manufactures of hosiery, which are amongst the most important in Germany. They employ about 7000 workers, men and women, in and about the town. There are also dye-works, machine-works, and bell-foundries. Pop. (1867) 8882; (1890) 20,880.