 The fire shocked the whole of Germany; during the following days King William II visited the town, as did more than 40,000 of the curious.By August 8, the Württemberg Ministerial Division of Road and Water Construction had organized a rebuilding committee led by "Oberbaurat" Richard Leibbrand, which began by erecting a temporary barracks encampment to house the homeless over the winter.A new town plan was then drawn up