Engelthal

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Engelthal
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Middle Franconia
District	Nürnberger Land
Municipal assoc.	Henfenfeld
Local subdivisions	6 Gemeindeteile
Mayor	Günther Rögner (CSU)
Basic statistics
Area	13.63 km² (5.3 sq mi)
Elevation	372 m (1221 ft)
Population	1,160 (30/06/2007)
- Density	85 /km² (220 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	LAU
Postal code	91238
Area code	09158
Website	www.engelthal.de Coordinates: 49°28′00″N 11°24′00″E / 49.466667, 11.4

Engelthal is is a municipality near Nürnberg (Nuremberg) in the Frankenalb (Frankish Alb). The municipality has a population of approximately 1100 people. It was established as a cloister around 1250 AD and has retained many of the original cloister buildings. In recent years, residents have remodeled and restored sections of the cloister and cloister wall.

[edit] Cultural references

Engelthal is mentioned in chapter XXIII of Henry James's 1875 novel Roderick Hudson, '[...] the eggs of Engelthal were almost as fresh and the cream almost as thick as those of the Connecticut Valley.'.

[edit] External links

http://www.engelthal.de Official website of Engelthal

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