Engelthal

Engelthal
Gate in Engelthal
Coat of arms
Engelthal
Location of Engelthal within Nürnberger Land district
Coordinates: 49°28′N 11°24′E / 49.467°N 11.400°E / 49.467; 11.400Coordinates: 49°28′N 11°24′E / 49.467°N 11.400°E / 49.467; 11.400
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Mittelfranken
District	Nürnberger Land
Municipal assoc.	Henfenfeld
Government
• Mayor	Günther Rögner (CSU)
Area
• Total	13.63 km2 (5.26 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	1,124
• Density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	91238
Dialling codes	09158
Vehicle registration	LAU, ESB, HEB, N, PEG
Website	www.engelthal.de

Engelthal 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.

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.'.
• Engelthal is one of the settings in The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson, where one of the main characters, Marianne Engel, is raised as a nun.

References

External links

• Official website of Engelthal
• Engelthal monastery

Towns and municipalities in Nürnberger Land
Alfeld Altdorf bei Nürnberg Burgthann Engelthal Feucht Happurg Hartenstein Henfenfeld Hersbruck Kirchensittenbach Lauf an der Pegnitz Leinburg Neuhaus an der Pegnitz Neunkirchen am Sand Offenhausen Ottensoos Pommelsbrunn Reichenschwand Röthenbach an der Pegnitz Rückersdorf Schnaittach Schwaig Schwarzenbruck Simmelsdorf Velden Vorra Winkelhaid