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Feuchtwangen
Federal state	Bavaria
Administrative region	Middle Franconia
District	Ansbach
Population	12,210 pop_dens = 89 (31/12/2003)
Area	137.4 km²
Population density	/km²
Elevation	497 m
Coordinates	49°10′ N 10°19′ E
Postal code	91555
Area code	09852
Licence plate code	AN
Mayor	Wolf-Rüdiger Eckhardt (CSU
Website	Stadt Feuchtwangen

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Geography

Geographically and geologically the land around Feuchtwangen comprises the eastern part of the Swabian-Franconian Escarpment Land (Schichtstufenland), also sometimes called the gypsum-keuper landscape. Characteristic of this landform is the quick change from deep hollows to mostly wooded mountain ranges, which were formed as the result of keuper strata not being well able to withstand erosion. This also meant that streams in the region could carve broad valleys. The city of Feuchtwangen lies in the Sulzach valley. The city's sprawling area also takes in parts of the Wörnitz valley. Geology (from Greek γη- (ge-, the earth) and λογος (logos, word, reason)) is the science and study of the Earth, its composition, structure, physical properties, history and the processes that shape it. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Franconian Rake is originally is a heraldic symbol of the bishops of Würzburg, who - though nominally Dukes of Franconia - only ruled in parts of Franconia. ... In geology, an escarpment is a transition zone between different physiogeographic provinces that involves an elevation differential, often involving high cliffs. ... Gypsum is a very soft mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO4·2H2O. // Chemical structure Heating gypsum to between 100°C and 150°C (302°F) partially dehydrates the mineral by driving off exactly 75% of the water contained in its chemical structure. ...

River

Through Feuchtwangen flows the Sulzach, a tributary to the Wörnitz.

Neighbouring communities

Neighbouring Feuchtwangen are Schnelldorf, Wörnitz, Dombühl, Aurach, Herrieden, Wieseth, Dentlein am Forst, Dürrwangen, Schopfloch, Dinkelsbühl (all in Ansbach district, Bavaria) and Kreßberg (in Schwäbisch Hall district, Baden-Württemberg). Dinkelsbühl is a historic city in Bavaria, Germany. ... Schwäbisch-Hall is a district (Kreis) in the north-east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Baden-Württemberg is a federal state in south-western Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ...

Parts of the city

Feuchtwangen has 87 divisions within the city, determined by formerly independent communities. Among them are:

Aichau: Aichau, Jakobsmühle, Löschenmühle, Oberahorn, Thürnhofen, Unterahorn

Aichenzell: Aichenzell, Esbach, Hammerschmiede, Herrnschallbach, Höfstetten, Kaltenbronn, Mögersbronn, Sommerau, Überschlagmühle, Walkmühle, Winterhallen, Zehdorf

Banzenweiler: Banzenweiler, Bieberbach, Georgenhof, Jungenhof, Krebshof, Krobshausen, Leiperzell, Oberransbach, Oberrothmühle, Poppenweiler, Unterransbach, Unterrothmühle, Weiler am See

Breitenau: Breitenau, Gehrenberg, Ratzendorf, Sperbersbach, Ungetsheim, Zischendorf, Zumhaus

Dorfgütingen: Archshofen, Bonlanden, Bölhof, Bühl, Dorfgütingen, Dornberg, Krobshäuser Mühle, Neidlingen, Rödenweiler

Heilbronn: Heilbronn, Herbstmühle, Lichtenau, Metzlesberg, Rißmannschallbach, Wüstenweiler, Zumberg

Krapfenau: Bernau, Eschenlach, Hainmühle, Koppenschallbach, Krapfenau, Krapfenau-Mühle, Lotterhof, Oberlottermühle, Schönmühle, St. Ulrich, Unterlottermühle, Volkertsweiler, Wehlmäusel, Weikersdorf

Larrieden: Heiligenkreuz, Larriden, Oberhinterhof, Unterhinterhof

Mosbach: Bergnerzell, Kühnhardt a. Schlegel, Mosbach, Reichenbach, Seiderzell, Tribur

Vorderbreitenthann: Charhof, Charmühle, Glashofen, Hinterbreitenthann, Oberdallersbach, Steinbach, Tauberschallbach, Unterdallersbach, Voderbreitenthann, Wolfsmühle

History

Stiftskirche in Feuchtwangen

Feuchtwangen's origins can be traced back to the Benedictine monastery, which was mentioned in a document in 818 or 819 as being "fairly well off". The state of affairs at the monastery was described in 16 letters by the learned monk Froumund and the abbot Wigo in the years 991 to 995. By no later than 1197, Feuchtwangen was a convent of Canons (Chorherrenstift). The canons were not monks, lived in their own houses, but said their canonical prayers together at the monastery church. A “Monk” is a person who practices asceticism, the conditioning of mind and body in favor of the spirit. ... Look up canon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Besides the monastery, there was already, since the earliest times, a village. With the Hohenstaufen Emperor's help came the establishment of a town sometime between 1150 and 1178. In 1241, Feuchtwangen became an Imperial Free City. From that time forth, Feuchtwangen consisted of two independent communities: the Free City south of the line along Untere Torstraße ("Lower Gate Street") and Postgasse, and the monastery lands to the north. Together with other Imperial Free Cities like Rothenburg ob der Tauber or Dinkelsbühl, the town tried to assert its interests to the princes through the Swabian City League (founded in 1376 by 14 Free Cities). Feuchtwangen had become wealthy owing to its fortunate location on travel routes, and was many times given in pledge by the Kings. In the end, in 1376, both the town and the monastery were pledged, or transferred, to the Nuremberg Burggrafschaft (Burgrave's domain), which later became the Margravate of Brandenburg-Ansbach. The townsfolk could no longer buy their town's freedom, thus leading to a relatively early end to Feuchtwangen's status as Imperial Free City. In the Holy Roman Empire, an imperial free city (in German: freie Reichsstadt) was a city formally responsible to the emperor only — as opposed to the majority of cities in the Empire, which belonged to a territory and were thus governed by one of the many princes (Fürsten) of... Town Hall Square of Rothenburg Townwall of Rothenburg Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a town in the Ansbach (district) of Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia), the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany, well known for its well-preserved medieval old town. ... Dinkelsbühl is a historic city in Bavaria, Germany. ... Burgrave, the Eng. ... Graf is a German noble title equal in rank to a count or an earl. ...

About 1400, after the city was destroyed in 1388 by the Swabian City League, both parts of Feuchtwangen were surrounded by a common wall, which helped to meld the two formerly separate communities into one. The margravate town, seat of a higher administrative office and place of many markets grew in importance and in the 15th and 16th centuries blossomed once again. The troubles in the Peasants' War afforded an opportunity to introduce the Reformation, which in 1533 happened throughout the Margravate for good. The monastery was confiscated in 1563, with its possessions going to the Margrave. The Thirty Years' War brought woe and hardship to Feuchtwangen, especially with the plundering of the city wrought by Johan t'Serclaes's unruly men. In 1632 and 1634, Swedish and Imperial forces took away what was left, and so it went on for decades before the town and its surrounding area recovered. (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Expanding insurgenceis The Peasants War (in German, der Deutsche Bauernkrieg) was a popular revolt in Europe, specifically in the Holy Roman Empire between 1524-1525 and consisted, like the preceding Bundschuh movement and the Hussite Wars, of a mass of economic as well as religious revolts by peasants, townsfolk and... The Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and Anabaptists. ... The victory of Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631). ... Count Tilly on a portrait by van Dyck Johann Tserclaes von Tilly (February 1559 - April 30, 1632) was a mercenary General (Field Marshal) who commanded the Imperial and Holy Roman Empires forces in the Thirty Years War, he had a string of important victories against the Bohemians, Germans and...

Until 1791, Feuchtwangen remained a Brandenburg-Ansbach administrative town. The last Margrave, who was childless, ceded his land to Prussia. Only 14 years later, the French briefly took over control of the city, losing it once more only a year later, in 1806, to the Kingdom of Bavaria. Feuchtwangen became the seat of a regional court set up by the regional office and the local court. The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (Old Prussian: Prūsa, German: Preußen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prūsai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad...

In the long era of peace in the 19th century, the city's face was changed. The lower gate tower, along with great parts of the city defences were demolished. The Spitaltor burnt down in 1811. The city was connected by a railway branchline to the Nuremberg-Stuttgart mainline. Nevertheless, development stagnated in the 19th and 20th centuries until the Second World War. Although some of the communities that were later incorporated into Feuchtwangen were destroyed in the world wars, Feuchtwangen itself was left unscathed. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nuremberg (German: Nürnberg) is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. ... Stuttgart, a city located in southern Germany, is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of approximately 590,000 as of September 2005 in the city and around 3 million in the metropolitan area. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

A renewed upswing took root after the Second World War, spurred on by the arrival of people driven out of their lands in the east. Feuchtwangen became a Bundeswehr garrison town. The town did lose its status as an administrative centre, but won itself a place among the ten largest cities in Bavaria (by land area) once Bavarian municipal reform had amalgamated ten other communities with it. The barracks were closed in 1997, but the lands came into use again only two years later when the Bavarian Building Academy (Bayerische Bauakademie) came to town to establish a continuing education institution. In 2000, the Feuchtwangen Casino opened, which in 2005 was once again the most visited and highest earning of all Bavarian casinos. The Bundeswehr ( ) is the armed forces of Germany and its administration. ... Garrison House, built 1675, Dover, NH, USA In the military, garrison is the collective term for the body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it, but now often simply using it as a home base. ... The Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. ...

Worship

• 68.3% Evangelical
• 20.0% Catholic
• 11.7% other

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Amalgamations

In 1972, ten communities were amalgamated into Feuchtwangen: Aichau mit Thürnhofen, Aichenzell, Banzenweiler, Breitenau, Dorfgütingen, Heilbronn, Krapfenau, Larrieden, Mosbach and Vorderbreitenthann.

Politics

Coat of arms

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City partnerships

The city maintains partnerships with:

• Lana, South Tyrol, Italy;
• Morhange, Lorraine, France

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Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Roads

Feuchtwangen lies on Bundesstraße (Federal Highway) B 25, as well as on the A 6 und A 7 Autobahnen. Bundesautobahn 6 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 6, short form Autobahn 6, abbreviated as BAB 6 or A 6), also known as Via Carolina is a 432 km (268 mi) long German Autobahn. ... Bundesautobahn 7: The highway, called Bundersautobahn 7, is the part of the Autobahn that runs from the southern border of Germany to the northern border of Germany. ... The German and Austrian autobahn sign The Swiss autobahn sign Autobahn (pronounced in IPA) is the German word for a major high-speed road confined to motor vehicles and having full control of access, similar to a motorway or freeway in English-speaking countries. ...

Railways

Feuchtwangen lies on the railway line running between Nördlingen and Dombühl, which was opened in sections from 1876 to 1881, and on which there has been no regular passenger service since 1985. The Bavarian Railway Museum (Bayerisches Eisenbahnmuseum) runs museum trains, including ones from Feuchtwangen as of 2006. Nördlingen is a town in Bavaria, Germany. ...

Healthcare

Feuchtwangen has a hospital with 80 beds. Since 1 January 2003, this has belonged to the Ansbach District Network Clinic, which is made up of hospitals in Rothenburg and Dinkelsbühl. The hospital in Feuchtwangen has the rheumatology and internal medicine departments. There are also a nursing home and many pharmacies in town. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rheumatology, a subspecialty of internal medicine, is devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic diseases. ... Internal medicine is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of internal diseases, that is, those that affect internal organs or the body as a whole. ... A nursing home or skilled nursing facility (SNF) is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant Activity of Daily Living (ADL) deficiencies. ... Bowl of Hygeia Pharmacy (from the Greek φάρμακον = drug) is the profession charged with ensuring the safe use of medication. ...

Established Enterprises

Within Feuchtwangen's industrial area, many firms, some quite large, have offices. The following enterprises can be found in Feuchtwangen:

• Rehau AG & Co
• VP (Vereinigte Papierwarenfabriken GmbH)
• Ernst Hähnlein Bau-GmbH
• Fa. Arcon GmbH
• Preform GmbH
• Weltron Elektronik GmbH
• Bohnacker GmbH Umformtechnik
• handik beauty & sports products e.K.
• Fa. Greisel GmbH

Educational institutions

Kindergartens

Feuchtwang has 6 Kindergartens at its disposal, found throughout the city.

Church kindergartens

Evangelical kindergarten, Sandweg 7 Evangelical kindergarten Wannenbad, Lauerhecke 4 Evangelical kindergarten, Wohlgemutstr. 10 Catholic kindergarten, Am Schwalbennest 2

Municipal kindergartens

Breitenau Breitenau 4, Mosbach Mosbach 51

Schools

There are 2 primary schools, 2 Hauptschulen, 1 Realschule, 1 Gymnasium and 1 special preschool in Feuchtwangen. For further education, there is the possibility, through a bus link, of going to the Fachoberschule/Berufsoberschule (technical or professional college) in Ansbach. Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ... A Hauptschule (German: main school) is a German secondary school, starting after 6 or 4 years of elementary schooling, depending on the Bundesland in which they are located. ... In Germany, the Realschule was an outgrowth of the realistic tendencies of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. ... A gymnasium (pronounced with a hard g) is a type of school of secondary education in parts of Europe. ...

Culture and sightseeing

Craftsman's workshop in Feuchtwangen

Museums

• Fränkisches Museum Feuchtwangen (Franconian Museum)
• Sängermuseum des Deutschen Sängerbundes (Museum dedicated to singers of the German Singers' League)
• Craftsmen's workshops in the Romanesque cloister (see photo)

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Regular events

• The Old Town Festival (Altstadtfest) is held every year at the Feuchtwangen marketplace.
• Every year from mid-June to mid-August, the Kreuzgangspiele Feuchtwangen (roughly "Feuchtwangen Cloister Playhouse")
• Yearly in September, the Mooswiese (literally "moss meadow") takes place at the Mooswiesenfestplatz.

Things to see

Worth seeing is the historic old town with its marketplace that the Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler (Handbook of German Artistic Memorials), published originally by Georg Dehio, described as "Franconia's ballroom". Also orthy of note is the former Benedictine monastery church with its Romanesque cloister, in which the craftsmen's workshops are housed. Also, a fair amount of the town's old wall still stands, dating from about 1400. Of the town's original three gates, only one, the Upper Gate, is still maintained. The Lower Gate had to make way for traffic in the 19th century, and the Spitaltor, or Hospital Gate, fell down after a fire. The following sights are also to be seen in Feuchtwangen: Georg Dehio (November 22, 1850 in Reval (Tallinn) - March 21, 1932 in Tübingen), German historian of art. ...

• The Röhrenbrunnen fountain with a statue of Minerva, the Protectress of Commerce.
• The cloister, assumed to date from the second half of the 12th century.
• The craftsmen's workshops, housed in the cloister.
• The monastery church, which formerly actually served as such.
• The Johanneskirche, former parish church, now a baptistery.
• The little gallery, in which changing exhibitions from a great variety of amateur artists are seen.
• The Upper Gate, the only one still standing of the original three.
• The half-timbered building that was originally Peter's and Paul's Chapel, later a barn for the taxes from the former monastery's goods, and since 1982, the city hall.
• The Taubenbrünnlein ("Little Dove Fountain") in which the legend about the city's founding is immortalized.
• The Cereal Market, where a collection of old firefighting equipment may be seen.
• The Franconian Museum, one of southern Germany's finest folk art museums.
• The Singers' Museum (Sängermuseum), Germany's only choral museum.

Sons and daughters of the city

• Cornelia Dumler, German national volleyball player
• Adalbert Schnitzlein, German botanist
• Johann Georg von Soldner, (Geodesist: "I have surveyed the luminaries and the State of Bavaria")
• Monk Froumund and Abbot Wigo (16 letters from the Benedictine Monastery 991 - 995)
• Walther von der Vogelweide High Master of the Teutonic Knights
• Writer Lion Feuchtwanger's forebears (before 1555)

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External links

• Official website
• Fränkisches Museum Feuchtwangen (Franconian Museum)
• Sängermuseum
• Feuchtwangen Casino
• Discussion forum for Feuchtwangen