ETTLINGEN

city, Baden-Wrttemberg Land (state), southwestern Germany, on the Alb River, just south of Karlsruhe. Originally a Roman settlement, it belonged to Weissenburg Abbey in the early European Middle Ages, it was chartered in 1192, and it passed to Baden in 1219. It was severely damaged by fire in 1689, and most of its notable buildings date from the 18th century, including the former palace of the margraves (its chapel has frescoes by the brothers C.D. and E.Q. Asam) and the town hall. Of the numerous Roman relics, the best known is the Neptune sculpture in the wall of the town hall. Ettlingen has textile and paper industries. Pop. (1989 est.) 37,269.