Ansbach - Boroughs, Sister cities, Famous people

49º17N 10º34E, pop (2001e) 39 700. Capital of Middle Franconia, Bavaria, SC Germany, on the R Rezat; city developed around an 8th-c Benedictine abbey; passed to Russia (1791), then Bavaria (1806); became residence of the Franconian branch of the Hohenzollern family (1331); birthplace of Karl Altenstein, Ernst von Bandel, Caroline of Ansbach, Georg Ernst Stahl; road and rail junction; Romanesque Church of St Gumbertus (12th-c) was remodelled in Baroque style (18th-c); castle (18th-c); machinery, metallurgy, furniture industry.

Coordinates: 49°18′N 10°35′E

Ansbach
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Administrative region	Mittelfranken
District	urban district
Population	40,723 (2004)
Area	99.92 km²
Population density	407 /km²
Elevation	409 m
Coordinates	49°18′ N 10°35′ E
Postal code	91522
Area code	0981
Licence plate code	AN
Mayor	Ralf Felber (SPD)
Website	ansbach.de

Ansbach, or Anspach, originally Onolzbach, is a town in Bavaria, Germany.

Margrave George the Pious introduced the Protestant Reformation to Ansbach in 1528, leading to the secularization of St. Gumbertus Abbey in 1563. In 1806 Prussia ceded Ansbach and the principality of Ansbach to Bavaria in exchange for the Bavarian duchy of Berg.

Ansbach was a small town largely by-passed by the Industrial Revolution, an administrative and cultural center.

Ansbach hosts several units of the U.S. armed forces, associated with German units under NATO.

Boroughs

Eyb, part of Ansbach since October 1, 1970 Bernhardswinden, part of Ansbach since July 1, 1972 Brodswinden, part of Ansbach since July 1, 1972 Claffheim, part of Ansbach since July 1, 1972 Elpersdorf bei Ansbach, part of Ansbach since July 1, 1972 Hennenbach, part of Ansbach since July 1, 1972 Neuses bei Ansbach, part of Ansbach since July 1, 1972 Strüth Wasserzell Schalkhausen, part of Ansbach since July 1, 1972 Geisengrund Dornberg Neudorf Steinersdorf

Sister cities

Anglet, France Bay City, United States

Famous people

Albert of Prussia, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order and the first duke of Ducal Prussia.

John James Maximilian Oertel, (1811-1882), born in Ansbach, was a Lutheran clergyman who later converted to Roman Catholicism, became a professor of German at Fordham University, and later edited and founded several newspapers, including one that would become the leading German-language newspaper in the county, Baltimore's Kirchenzeitung.