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Pforzheim

[ fawrts-hahym; German pfawrts-hahym ]

noun

  1. a city in W Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany.


Pforzheim

/ ˈpfɔrtshaim /

noun

  1. a city in SW Germany, in W Baden-Württemberg: centre of the German watch and jewellery industry. Pop: 119 046 (2003 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Investigators said vehicles rented this year by the suspects had been used to check out other possible targets in Germany, stopping near museums in Frankfurt, Idar-Oberstein, Trier and Pforzheim.

The pro-life group 40 Days for Life had been banned from holding twice-yearly gatherings for silent prayer outside the Pro Familia abortion counseling facility in Pforzheim since February 2019.

Then, the abortion counselors asked the city of Pforzheim to ban the group from “earshot and sight” of the facility.

When her husband grew depressed over waning interest in his achievement, Mrs. Benz crept out of the family home while he slept and drove the Benz Motorwagen on a historic 111-mile journey from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back again — the first long-distance trip by a gasoline-powered automobile.

He was given a 3 1/2-year juvenile sentence in 2010 after shooting with a crossbow at a woman and wounding her, according to prosecutors in nearby Pforzheim.

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