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The St Salvator’s residence is situated in
Church features the northeastern part
original Gothic of the Old Town.
altars and a portal Remodelled several times
that has the it is now a Baroque Neo-
scene of the Last Classical structure. Its 27
Judgement in original state apartments
the tympanum. include the Mirror Room,
The former hospital Mirror Gallery, Dining
of the Holy Spirit is Room and Audience
now home to an Room. It now houses the
interesting Stadt­ Museum of Faience and Majestic Walhalla near Donaustauf
museum. The Porcelain. The nearby
14th-century Hofgarten has a 102-m (335-ft) Altmühl, stands the picturesque
town hall long Orangery. It also houses a Willibald Castle, which until the
features a striking Kaspar Hauser Collection. 18th century was the residence
external stone of prince-bishops. Now it
stairway (1618). E Markgrafenmuseum houses an interesting museum
Kaspar-Hauser-Platz 1. Tel (0981) 977 of artifacts from the Jurassic
E Stadtmuseum 50 56. Open 10am–5pm daily. era, where visitors can see a
Statue from the Vordere Gerbergasse Closed Mon (Oct–Apr). & very well preserved skeleton
Tanzhaus façade 1. Tel (09081) 848 10. E Markgräfliche Residenz of archaeopteryx.
Open mid-Mar–Oct: “Ansbacher Fayence und A new bishop’s residence was
1:30–4:30pm Tue–Sun. 8 Nov–mid- Porzellan” built nearby from 1702 until
Mar: open only to guided tours (book Promenade 27. Tel (0981) 953 83 90. 1768. Its west wing features
in advance by telephone). &
Open Apr–Sep: 9am–6pm Tue–Sun; a magnificent staircase and
Oct–Mar: 10am–4pm Tue–Sun. 8 7 the Mirror Room, in which
the works of Mauritio Pedetti,
e Ansbach Johann Jakob Berg and Michael
r Eichstätt Franz are displayed.
Map D6. * 40,000. £ n Johann-
Sebastian-Bach-Platz 1 (0981-512 43). Map D6. * 15,000. £ n Domplatz
_ Ansbacher Frühlingsfest (May), 8 (08421-600 1400).
Bach-Woche (every two years in Jul: the t Donaustauf
next one is in 2019), Ansbacher Willibald, a close companion Walhalla. Tel (09403) 95 52 929.
Rokokospiele (Jul), Heimatfest (Jul). and compatriot of the Anglo- Open Apr–Sep: 9am–5:45pm; Oct:
Saxon missionary Boniface, 9am–4:45pm; Nov–Mar:
The town, situated west of established a missionary-abbey 10am–11:45am & 1–3:45pm. &
Nuremberg, began its history in (Eihstat) here. Soon afterwards
AD 748 with the foundation of Eichstätt became an episcopal In 1830–42 Leo von Klenze built
a Benedictine Abbey by a man town. In 1634 a fire ripped the Walhalla (see above). This
named Gumbert. A settlement through the town, destroying monument to the national glory
called Onoldsbach, which sprang four-fifths of its houses and four occupies a scenic location on
up nearby, is now called Ansbach. churches; after this the town the River Danube. The building
From 1460 until 1791 Ansbach was rebuilt in Baroque style. stands on a raised terrace and
was the home of the von Eichstätt is home to the has the form of a Neo-Classical
Brandenburg-Ansbach margraves country’s only Catholic uni- columned temple (similar to
and in 1791 it was incorporated versity, established in 1980. the Parthenon in Athens). It is
into Prussia; after 1806 it passed On the outskirts of town, on adorned with 121 marble busts
into Bavaria. The Markgräfliche a hill overlooking the River of artists and scientists.

Orangery of the Markgräfliche residence, in Ansbach

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