Ebrach
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Location of Ebrach within Bamberg district
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| Coordinates: 49°49′N 10°30′E / 49.817°N 10.500°ECoordinates: 49°49′N 10°30′E / 49.817°N 10.500°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Bavaria | |
| Admin. region | Oberfranken | |
| District | Bamberg | |
| Municipal assoc. | Ebrach | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Max-Dieter Schneider | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 29.58 km2 (11.42 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 330 m (1,080 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 1,806 | |
| • Density | 61/km2 (160/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 96157 | |
| Dialling codes | 09553 | |
| Vehicle registration | BA | |
| Website | www.ebrach.de | |
Ebrach is a community with market rights in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg and the seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (municipal association) of Ebrach.
Ebrach lies between Bamberg in the east and Würzburg in the west. It is located in the Steigerwald on the Mittlere Ebrach (river).
Ebrach’s main and namesake centre is by far the biggest of its Ortsteile with a population of 1,078. The market community furthermore has these outlying centres, each given here with its own population figure:
The community also has five traditional rural land units, known in German as Gemarkungen, named Buch, Ebrach, Großbirkach, Großgressingen and Neudorf bei Ebrach, the same names as five of the constituent communities (it is traditional for a Gemarkung to be named after a town or village lying nearby).
The former Cistercian Kloster Ebrach was founded in 1127 as one of the first Cistercian monasteries east of the Rhine by Berno and Richwin von Eberau, Frankish noblemen. In 1147, twelve monks from the mother monastery, Morimond, moved here. In 1200, Abbot Hermann I set to work on building the church, which was finished in 1280. It is 86 m long was built in the Gothic style. More than 50 windows, 26 altars and, above the portal, a rose window adorn the building. The windows were newly painted in 1887. The organ, with its 36 stops, is hailed as a masterwork. The abbey was dissolved in 1803 in the course of Secularization. Since the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, the community has belonged to Bavaria. Ebrach Abbey only fell under direct Imperial authority once it had been shut down. Until 1803, this had been successfully disputed by the Hochstift of Würzburg. The abbey church became a parish church. Since 1851, the abbey buildings have served as a prison, nowadays known as Justizvollzugsanstalt Ebrach.
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