Admin. region Oberbayern Elevation 393 m (1,289 ft) Population 14,103 (31 Dec 2008) Area code 08421 | District Eichstätt Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Local time Wednesday 12:39 AM | |
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Weather 2°C, Wind W at 8 km/h, 94% Humidity University Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt | ||
Eichstätt ( [ˈaɪçʃtɛt], formerly also Eichstädt or Aichstädt) is a town in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the district of Eichstätt. It is located on the Altmühl river and has a population of around 13,000. Eichstätt is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Eichstätt.
Contents
- Map of 85072 EichstC3A4tt Germany
- Location
- Geology
- History
- Attractions
- Mayors
- Education
- Sons and daughters of the town
- Personalities connected with the city
- References
Map of 85072 Eichst%C3%A4tt, Germany
Location
Eichstätt lies on both sides of the river Altmühl in the district of Eichstätt of the Oberbayern region of Bavaria.
Geology
Eichstätt is located at an outlying spur of the Franconian Jura and is famous for the quarries of Solnhofen Plattenkalk (Jurassic limestone). On the Blumenberg the Berlin specimen of Archaeopteryx was found by Jakob Niemeyer.
History
St. Willibald founded the Diocese of Eichstätt on the site of an old Roman station in 741. The city was chartered in 908. It was ruled by a prince-bishop, and in the Holy Roman Empire was the seat of the Bishopric of Eichstätt until secularization in 1802. In 1806, it became a part of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Eichstätt was included as part of the Principality of Eichstätt, which King Maximilian I granted to his son-in-law Eugène de Beauharnais in 1817 and an episcopal see was reestablished in 1821.
In 1943, the painter Karl Friedrich Lippmann moved to Eichstätt and stayed until 1955.
Hortus Eystettensis ("Garden at Eichstätt") is the name of an important botanical book first published in 1613 and written by Basilius Besler.
References: Christianne Hoth and Markus Raasch, editors,Eichstatt im Nationalsozialismus. Katholisches Milieu und Volksgemeinschaft", Aschendorff Verlag, Munster, Germany 2017
Attractions
The town is dominated by the Willibaldsburg. Besides the cathedral, Eichstätt also sports numerous churches and monasteries.
Mayors
Education
Eichstätt is home to the Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (K-U), the lone Catholic university in Germany. The K-U was founded in 1980, and was granted full rights of a university, including Ph.D. and Habilitation degrees by the State of Bavaria.