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GERMANY : — WtiRTTEMBERG

by 381,033 pupils ; 109 Realschulen with 17,654 pupils ; 21 grammar schools (Elementarschuien) with 3,830 pupils ; 17 gymnasia, of which 4 are training colleges for the Protestant clergy, 10 Realgymnasias, 5 Progymnasias and 8 Real Piogymnasias, 43 Latin schools, having together 9,456 scholars ; 5 city schools with 4,550 scholars. For girls there are 24 high schools with 8,467 pupils and 1 gymnasium with 183 pupils. There are, besides, the Tech- nical High School at Stuttgart, the Agricultural High School at Hohenheim, and several agricultural and other special institutes. The State funds appropriated to education amounted in 1917-18 to 23,553,434Z. For Tiibingen University, see under Germany.

Justice. — In addition to other tribunals there is one Oberlandesgericht at Stuttgart. In 1914, 16,100 persons were convicted of crimes.

Finance. — The estimated revenue for the year ending March 31, 1921, was 542,226,277 marks, and the expenditure 568,359,137 marks. Public debt (March 31, 1920), 831,924,500 marks, divided into the general debt and the railway debt.

Production. — Wiirtteniberg is primarily an agricultural State, and 3,007,510 acres, or 64 per cent, of the entire area, are under cultivation, and 1,510,727 acres, or 31 per cent., under forest.

Areas^ under the principal crops and yield in metric tons in 1920 : —

Wheat Rye . Barley Spelt .

Acres

1S0.570

71,995

219,310

1117,405

Yield, tons

96,577

33,874

113,440

83,093

Oats . Potatoes Hay . Hops.

262,907

178,387

1,310,40(1

2,925

Yield, tons

75:f,170

2,807,761

951

Vines in 1920, 27,467 acres, yield 3,476,318 gallons of wine. In 1919 were produced 29,148,746 gallons of beer. The total value of the minerals raised in 1920 was about 1,200,000Z. There are active iron foundries and salt works.

References.

The following publications of the Statistical Landesawt, Stuttgart: Wurttrm- bergische Jahrbueher fur Statistik und Landeskunde. Statist isches Handbuch fur Wiirtteniberg Jlitteiluugen des Statistischeg Landesamts. Das Konigreich Wurttem- berg : Eine Be»clireibung von Land, Volk, und Staat ; 3 Bande, Stuttgart, 1882-1686. Das Konigreich Wiirttemberg : Eine Beschreibunn nach Kreisen, Oberamtern, und Genieindeu : 4 Biinde, Stuttgart, 1904. Oberaintst beschreibtingen, neue Folge. Karten- werke des Koniyreichs Wiirttemberg. The " Wiirttenibergische Jahrbueher" contains Chronicle and Necrology for the past year, and copious lists of publications, official and other, relating to Wiirtteniberg, in addition to much historical and statistical informa- tion concerning the population and products of Wurtteml>erg

baedtker't Southern Germany. 10th ed. Leipzig, 1907.

8chliz(A.), Urgeschichtc Wurtembergs. Stuttgart, 1909.