Fürth
[key], city, Bavaria, S Germany, at the confluence of the Rednitz and
Pegnitz rivers. It is an industrial suburb of Nuremberg. It produces gold
leaf, beaten metals, aluminum, and bronze powders. Other products include
glassware, toys, optical instruments, and furs. Reputedly founded by
Charlemagne in the late 8th cent., Fürth rose to importance when the
Jews who were denied entrance to Nuremberg settled there (14th cent.).
During the Thirty Years War (1618–48), Gutavus II (Gustavus Adolphus)
of Sweden made the city his headquarters and fought an indecisive battle
there with Wallenstein in 1632. Fürth passed to Bavaria in 1806 and
became part of Middle Franconia.
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