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Encyclopedia > Ansbach (district)


Ansbach
Statistics
State: Bavaria
Capital: Ansbach
Adm. Region: Mittelfranken
Area: 1972 km²
Inhabitants: 183,700 (2001)
pop. density: 93 inh./km²
Car identification: AN
Homepage: landkreis-ansbach.de (http://www.landkreis-ansbach.de)
Map
Map of Bavaria highlighting the district Ansbach

Ansbach is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is surrounding, but not including the city of Ansbach; nonetheless the administrative seat of the district is Ansbach. The district is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts Ostalbkreis, Schwäbisch Hall and Main-Tauber (all in the state of Baden-Württemberg), and the districts of Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim, Fürth, Roth, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen and Donau-Ries.

Contents
1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

History

Some of the towns were already existing during the lifetime of Charlemagne, who visited Feuchtwangen about 800. In the 13th century the towns of Rothenburg, Dinkelsbühl and Feuchtwangen were elevated to Free Imperial Cities; so they were directly subordinate to the Holy Roman Emperor. The city of Ansbach became subject to the Hohenzollern family, who established the state of Ansbach (later Brandenburg-Ansbach) in the region.


The district of Ansbach was established in 1972, when the former districts of Ansbach, Dinkelsbühl, Feuchtwangen and Rothenburg were merged. The city of Rothenburg lost its status as an urban district and was incorporated into the district.


Geography

Ansbach is the largest district of Bavaria. Its northern half is occupied by the Frankenhöhe, a gentle hilly countryside. The southern parts are covered with heaths and forests. The source of the Altmühl River is located in the district.


Coat of arms

Coat of arms The coat of arms displays:
  • top left: the black and white arms of the Hohenzollern dynasty, who ruled the former state of Brandenburg-Ansbach
  • top right: the red and white arms of Franconia
  • bottom: the heraldic eagle of the Holy Roman Empire, which stands for the former Free Imperial Cities of Rothenburg, Dinkelsbühl and Feuchtwangen

Towns and municipalities

Towns Municipalities
  1. Dinkelsbühl
  2. Feuchtwangen
  3. Heilsbronn
  4. Herrieden
  5. Leutershausen
  6. Merkendorf
  7. Ornbau
  8. Rothenburg (Tauber)
  9. Schillingsfürst
  10. Wassertrüdingen
  11. Windsbach
  12. Wolframs-Eschenbach
  1. Adelshofen
  2. Arberg
  3. Aurach
  4. Bechhofen
  5. Bruckberg
  6. Buch
  7. Burgoberbach
  8. Burk
  9. Colmberg
  10. Dentlein
  11. Diebach
  12. Dietenhofen
  13. Dombühl
  14. Dürrwangen
  15. Ehingen
  16. Flachslanden
  17. Gebsattel
  18. Gerolfingen
  19. Geslau
  20. Insingen
  21. Langfurth
  22. Lehrberg
  1. Lichtenau
  2. Mitteleschenbach
  3. Mönchsroth
  4. Neuendettelsau
  5. Neusitz
  6. Oberdachstetten
  7. Ohrenbach
  8. Petersaurach
  9. Röckingen
  10. Rügland
  11. Sachsen
  12. Schnelldorf
  13. Schopfloch
  14. Steinsfeld
  15. Unterschwaningen
  16. Weidenbach
  17. Weihenzell
  18. Weiltingen
  19. Wettringen
  20. Wieseth
  21. Wilburgstetten
  22. Windelsbach
  23. Wittelshofen
  24. Wörnitz

External links


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  Results from FactBites:
 
Main-Spessart (127 words)
It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Bad Kissingen, Schweinfurt and Würzburg, the state of Baden-Württemberg (district of Main-Tauber), the districts of Miltenberg and Aschaffenburg, and the state of Hesse (district of Main-Kinzig).
The district was established in 1972 by merging the former districts of Gemünden, Karlstadt, Lohr and Marktheidenfeld
In the west of the district the Spessart mountains are rising.
Article about "Ansbach" in the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (416 words)
Ansbach is situated south west of Nuremberg at the Frankish-Rezat, an arm of the Main river.
In 1792 Ansbach was annexed by the Hohenzollerns of Prussia, and only fourteen years later, in 1806, Napoleon awarded the territory of his Hohenzollern enemy to Bavaria.
Ansbach was home of the astronomer Simon Marius, who observed Jupiter's moons from the castle's tower.
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