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Engelthal

Engelthal () is a municipality near Nürnberg (Nuremberg) in the Frankenalb (Frankish Alb). The municipality has a population of approximately 1100 people.

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German location.image_coa: DEU Engelthal COA.svg
German location.image_photo: Osttor der Engelthaler Klostermauer.jpg
German location.image_caption: Eastern Gate of the Engelthal Abbey
German location.image_plan: Engelthal in LAU.svg
German location.state: Bayern
German location.region: Mittelfranken
German location.district: Nürnberger Land
German location.Verwaltungsgemeinschaft: Henfenfeld
German location.elevation: 371
German location.area: 13.63
German location.postal_code: 91238
German location.area_code: 09158
German location.licence: LAU, ESB, HEB, N, PEG
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 09 5 74 120
German location.divisions: 6 Gemeindeteile
German location.website: www.engelthal.de
German location.mayor: Günther Rögner
German location.leader_term: 2020–26

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Engelthal () is a municipality near Nürnberg (Nuremberg) in the Frankenalb (Frankish Alb). The municipality has a population of approximately 1100 people.

==History== The place was named Swinnahe in former times and mentioned first in 1058/1059 on the occasion of the consecration of a church by bishop Gundekar von Eichstätt. Engelthal was established as a cloister (Dominican nuns) at 1240 from Ulrich von Königstein auf Reicheneck. Mentioned first officially in 1245 and in 1339 given protection from emperor Ludwig as of the Nürnberger Rat and the city of Nuremberg.