🇩🇪 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.
1Heilsbronn Abbey 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.
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.
1Heilsbronn has a population of over 9,139 people. Heilsbronn also forms part of the wider Ansbach District which has a population of over 185,316 people. It is also a part of the larger Mittelfranken Region. Heilsbronn is situated 17 km north-east of Ansbach.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Heilsbronn has links with:
🇩🇪 Plauen, Germany🇩🇪 Nordhausen 10.794
🇩🇪 Donauwörth 10.8
🇬🇶 Ciudad de la Paz 10.817
🇩🇪 Sondershausen 10.867
Locations Near: Heilsbronn 10.7866,49.3351
🇩🇪 Zirndorf 10.95,49.45 d: 17.4
🇩🇪 Ansbach 10.583,49.3 d: 15.2
🇩🇪 Nuremberg 11.067,49.45 d: 24
🇩🇪 Nürnberg 11.067,49.45 d: 24
🇩🇪 Neustadt an der Aisch 10.6,49.583 d: 30.7
🇩🇪 Erlangen 11.003,49.598 d: 33.1
🇩🇪 Weißenburg in Bayern 10.967,49.017 d: 37.7
Antipodal to: Heilsbronn -169.213,-49.335
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