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Location of the town of Eichstätt within Eichstätt district
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Upper Bavaria |
| District | Eichstätt |
| Lord Mayor | Arnulf Neumeyer (SPD) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 47.84 km2 (18.47 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 371-534 m |
| Population | 13,788 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 288 /km2 (746 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | EI |
| Postal codes | 85072, 85067 |
| Area code | 08421 |
| Website | www.eichstaett.de |
Eichstätt (German pronunciation: [ˈaɪçʃtɛt], formerly also Eichstädt or Aichstädt) is a town in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the District of Eichstätt. It is located along the Altmühl River, at , and had a population of 13,078 in 2002. It is home to the Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, the lone Catholic university in Germany. The K-U was founded in 1980, and was granted full rights of a university, including Ph.D. and Habilitation degrees by the State of Bavaria.[2]
St. Willibald founded the Bishopric of Eichstätt on the site of an old Roman station in 741. The city was chartered in 908 and ruled by a prince-bishop until secularization in 1802, and became a part of Bavaria in 1806. In 2008, the city celebrated the 1100th anniversary of its charter. Eichstätt was included as part of the Landgraviate of Leuchtenberg, which Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria granted to his son-in-law Eugène de Beauharnais in 1817 and an episcopal see was reestablished in 1821. The town reverted back to Bavaria in 1855. Eichstätt is famous for the quarries of Solnhofen Stone and Jurassic limestone. On the Blumenberg the Berlin specimen of Archaeopteryx was found by Jakob Niemeyer. Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstätt) is the name of an important botanical book first published in 1613, see entry of author Basilius Besler
Mayor of Eichstätt is Arnulf Neumeyer (SPD). The current bishop is Gregor Maria Franz Hanke, O.S.B (appointed 14, Oct. 2006)
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