Swabia
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German officials sent the pair to the town of Althengstett, next door to Ostelsheim, in the rural Swabia region, where many people work in agriculture or the region’s famous auto industry.
From New York Times • May 28, 2023
The team recruited people from a large database that comprised all newly diagnosed ALS cases in Swabia, a southwestern region of Germany.
From Scientific American • Oct. 26, 2021
Bashobi, San Jose, USA My favourite term of endearment comes from Swabia, the area of Germany around Stuttgart.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2013
He realized early on that Swabia, the southwest region of Germany he came from, was not an ideal base for his work on the cell biology of marine sponges and algae.
From Nature • Feb. 23, 2011
Having no children, he left his possessions to his nephew, Frederick II. of Hohenstaufen, duke of Swabia, and on his death the line of Franconian, or Salian, emperors became extinct.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
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