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Heilsbronn

Coordinates: 49°19′N 10°48′E / 49.317°N 10.800°E / 49.317; 10.800
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Heilsbronn
Church of Saint Mary and Saint James at the Heilsbronn Abbey
Church of Saint Mary and Saint James at the Heilsbronn Abbey
Coat of arms of Heilsbronn
Location of Heilsbronn within Ansbach district
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Heilsbronn is located in Germany
Heilsbronn
Heilsbronn
Heilsbronn is located in Bavaria
Heilsbronn
Heilsbronn
Coordinates: 49°19′N 10°48′E / 49.317°N 10.800°E / 49.317; 10.800
CountryGermany
StateBavaria
Admin. regionMittelfranken
DistrictAnsbach
Subdivisions18 Ortsteile
Government
 • Mayor (2020–26) Jürgen Pfeiffer[1] (CSU)
Area
 • Total62.23 km2 (24.03 sq mi)
Elevation
400 m (1,300 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total9,832
 • Density160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
91560
Dialling codes09872
Vehicle registrationAN
Websitewww.heilsbronn.de

Heilsbronn is a town in the Ansbach district of the Mittelfranken administrative region of Franconia, in the German state of Bavaria between Nuremberg and Ansbach, in the wooded valley of the Rangau. Its hallmark is the Katharinenturm, a medieval tower.

Heilsbronn should not be confused with the far larger city of Heilbronn, which lies 130 km further west.

Heilsbronn Abbey

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In the Middle Ages it was the seat of one of the great monasteries of Germany, with possessions around Franconia as far as Regensburg and in Württemberg. It was founded in 1132 and continued to exist until 1555. Its sepulchral monuments, many of which are figured by Hocker, Heilsbronnischer Antiquitätenschatz (Ansbach, 1731-1740), are of exceptionally high artistic interest. It was the hereditary burial-place of the Hohenzollern family and ten burgraves of Nuremberg, five margraves and three electors of Brandenburg, and many other persons of note are buried within its walls.[3]

The Monk of Heilsbronn is the ordinary appellation of a didactic poet of the 14th century, whose Sieben Graden, Tochter Syon and Leben des heiligen Alexius were published by J. F. L. T. Merzdorf at Berlin in 1870.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
  3. ^ a b  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Heilsbronn". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 212–213.