The art of lithography greatly affected the production of maps.
Copperengraving, for which it was formerly noted, is no longer carried on; but printing, lithography and publishing have acquired a considerable development, one of the best-known Continental newspapers being the Allgemeine Zeitung or Augsburg Gazette.
For the nature and method of preparing these surfaces see respectively Engraving (and allied articles), Lithography and Typography.
Lithography, which was invented at Munich at the end of the 18th century, is extensively practised here.
The falls in the river afford motive power to the cloth and cotton mills (spinning and weaving)-the staple industries-and to factories for sugar, paper, lithography, tobacco and carpets, joinery works and breweries.