Engelthal


Engelthal is a municipality near Nürnberg in the Frankenalb. 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 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.
In recent years, residents have remodeled and restored sections of the cloister and cloister wall.

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