Heilsbronn

Heilsbronn
Town
Church of Saint Mary and Saint James at the Heilsbronn Abbey
Coat of arms
Location of Heilsbronn within Ansbach district
Heilsbronn Heilsbronn
Coordinates: 49°19′N 10°48′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Mittelfranken
District	Ansbach
Subdivisions	18 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Jürgen Pfeiffer (CSU)
Area
• Total	62.23 km2 (24.03 sq mi)
Elevation	400 m (1,300 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)
• Total	9,832
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	91560
Dialling codes	09872
Vehicle registration	AN
Website	www.heilsbronn.de

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.

Heilsbronn should not be confused with the far larger city of Heilbronn, which lies 130 km further west.

Heilsbronn Abbey

Main article: Heilsbronn 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 till 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.