Kaiserslautern - Kaiserslautern (English spelling)

Japanese: カイザースラウテルン - かいざーすらうてるん（英語表記）Kaiserslautern

A city in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in western Germany. Population 102,000 (1995). In the 12th century, it was the site of the royal palace (Palatinate) of Emperor Frederick I (Redbeard), and in the 13th century it was granted imperial city status, but later came under the ownership of the Elector of the Palatinate. Located at a key transportation point between Germany and France, it was often the site of major battles during the Thirty Years' War, the War of the Palatinate Succession, the War of the Spanish Succession, and the French Revolutionary Wars. Since the 19th century, it has developed as an industrial city.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ドイツ西部，ラインラント･ファルツ州の都市。人口10万2000(1995)。12世紀に皇帝フリードリヒ1世(赤髯王)の王宮(ファルツ)が置かれ，13世紀には帝国都市の資格も与えられたが，のちファルツ選帝侯の領有となる。ドイツ，フランスを結ぶ交通の要地にあり，三十年戦争，ファルツ継承戦争やスペイン継承戦争，またフランス革命戦争において，しばしば大きな戦いの舞台になった。19世紀以後工業都市として発展している。

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