Ansbach

Ansbach Anschba (Mainfränkisch)
Town
Martin Luther Square, Church of St. Gumbertus in the background
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Ansbach
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Coordinates: 49°18′N 10°35′E / 49.300°N 10.583°E / 49.300; 10.583
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Middle Franconia
District	Urban district
Government
• Lord mayor (2020–26)	Thomas Deffner[1] (CSU)
Area
• Total	99.92 km2 (38.58 sq mi)
Elevation	405 m (1,329 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	42,221
• Density	420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	91522
Dialling codes	0981
Vehicle registration	AN
Website	www.ansbach.de

Ansbach (/ˈænzbæk/ ANZ-bak, German: [ˈansbax] ^ⓘ; East Franconian: Anschba) is a city in the German state of Bavaria. It is the capital of the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Ansbach is 40 kilometers (25 miles) southwest of Nuremberg and 140 kilometers (90 miles) north of Munich, on the river Fränkische Rezat, a tributary of the river Main. In 2020, its population was 41,681.

Developed in the 8th century as a Benedictine monastery, it became the seat of the Hohenzollern family in 1331. In 1460, the Margraves of Brandenburg-Ansbach lived here. The city has a castle known as Margrafen–Schloss, built between 1704 and 1738. It was not badly damaged during the World Wars and hence retains its original historical baroque sheen. Ansbach is now home to a US military base and to the Ansbach University of Applied Sciences.

The city has connections via autobahn A6 and highways B13 and B14. Ansbach station is on the Nürnberg–Crailsheim and Treuchtlingen–Würzburg railways and is the terminus of line S4 of the Nuremberg S-Bahn.