Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern, or LAUTERN, a town of the Bavarian Palatinate, 52 miles by rail SW. of Worms, has of late years developed into an important manufacturing place. The chief manufactures are tissues, yarn, sewing and other machines, ultramarine, furniture, beer, bricks, &c.: and there are ironworks, steam-sawmills, and railway shops. Pop. (1875) 22,699; (1890) 37,047. Frederick I. built a castle here in 1152 (destroyed by the French in 1713); and near by the French republican armies were defeated in 1793 and 1794. See Jost, Geschichte Kaiserslauterns (1886).