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Eberbach (Württembergische Eschach)
Eberbach can refer to: * Eberbach (Baden), a city on the river Neckar in Baden-Württemberg, Germany * Eberbach Abbey, a Cistercian monastery in Germany * Eberbach Pax, a reliquary from Eberbach Abbey * Eberbach-Seltz, a ''commune'' of the Bas-Rhin ''département'' in France * Eberbach (Mergbach), a river of Hesse, Germany, tributary of the Mergbach * Heinrich Eberbach, World War II German panzer general * Konrad of Eberbach Conrad of Eberbach (german: Konrad von Eberbach, la, Conradus Eberbacensis) (died 18 September 1221) was a Cistercian monk, and later abbot, of Eberbach Abbey, Germany, and historian of the early Cistercian Order. Life Nothing is known of Con ..., (died 1221), Cistercian monk and later abbot of Eberbach Abbey * Eberbach, the former German name of the Prussian village that is now Gortatowo, Poland {{disambig, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eberbach (Baden)
Eberbach (; South Franconian: ''Ewwerbach'') is a town in Germany, in northern Baden-Württemberg, located 33 km east of Heidelberg. It belongs to the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis. Its sister cities are Ephrata, United States and Thonon-les-Bains, France. Geography Location Eberbach lies at the foot of the Katzenbuckel, at 626 m the highest elevation in the Odenwald, in the ''Naturpark Neckartal-Odenwald'', on the romantic ''Burgenstraße'' (Castle Road) along the river Neckar. Boroughs Eberbach includes the boroughs of Neckarwimmersbach, Brombach, Friedrichsdorf, Lindach, Rockenau, Badisch Igelsbach, Gaimühle, Unterdielbach, Badisch Schöllenbach and Pleutersbach. The border with Hesse runs through the borough of Igelsbach. Therefore, only the northeast half, called ''Badisch Igelsbach'', of the borough belongs to Eberbach. The southwest half, called ''Hessisch Igelsbach'', belongs to the Hessian municipality of Hirschhorn. The same is true for the borough Schöllenbach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eberbach Abbey
Eberbach Abbey (German: Kloster Eberbach) is a former Cistercian monastery in Eltville in the Rheingau, Germany. On account of its Romanesque architecture, Romanesque and Gothic (architecture), early Gothic buildings it is considered one of the most significant architectural heritage sites in Hesse. In the winter of 1985/86 some of the interior scenes of ''The Name of the Rose (film), The Name of the Rose'' were filmed here. The abbey is a main venue of the annual Rheingau Musik Festival. History Abbey The first monastic house at the site was founded in 1116 by Archbishop Adalbert of Mainz, as a house of Augustinians, Augustinian canons. It was then bestowed by him in 1131 upon the Benedictines. This foundation failed to establish itself, and the successor, ''Kloster Eberbach'', was founded in 1136 by Bernard of Clairvaux as the first Cistercian monastery on the east bank of the Rhine. Eberbach soon became one of the largest and most active monasteries of Germany. From it a num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eberbach Pax
The Eberbach Pax (German: ) is an early Renaissance Pax (liturgical object), pax and reliquary from Eberbach Abbey, which is now in the Limburg Cathedral Treasury. The pax was an object used in the Middle Ages and Renaissance for the Kiss of Peace in the Catholic Mass. Direct kissing among the celebrants and congregation was replaced by each in turn kissing the pax, which was carried around those present. The form of the pax was variable but normally included a flat surface to be kissed."Pax", ''The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Art and Architecture'', Authors: Tom Devonshire Jones, Linda Murray, Peter Murray, 2013, OUP Oxford, , 9780199680276 History The pax was created in the Middle Rhine at the beginning of the sixteenth century. According to an inscription on the pax, the Papal Legate Cardinal Raymond Peraudi gave the pax to Martin Rifflinck, Abbot of Eberbach, in 1503. The pax was also a reliquary, if of a lower grade, since it contained a relief medallion consecrated by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eberbach-Seltz
Eberbach-Seltz is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{BasRhin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eberbach (Mergbach)
Eberbach () is a small river of Hesse, Germany. It flows into the Mergbach Gersprenz is a river that starts in the Odenwald, Hesse and flows into the river Main near Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany. Including its source river Mergbach, it is long, without the Mergbach it is long. Tributaries The tributaries of the Ger ... in Reichelsheim. See also * List of rivers of Hesse Rivers of Hesse Rivers of Germany {{Hesse-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Eberbach
Heinrich Eberbach (24 November 1895 – 13 July 1992) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 5th Panzer Army during the Allied invasion of Normandy. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. World War I and interwar years Heinrich Eberbach was born on 24 November 1895 in Stuttgart, in the German Empire. Eberbach graduated with his ''Abitur'' ( university-preparatory high school diploma) on 30 June 1914. On 1 July 1914, Eberbach joined the Army of Württemberg. With the outbreak of World War I, Eberbach's unit was deployed on the Western Front. On 16 October 1914, Eberbach was wounded in his thigh by artillery shrapnel. In September 1915, Eberbach was severely wounded, losing his nose, and was taken prisoner of war by French forces. During the 1920s Eberbach was a police officer; in 1935 he joined the Wehrmacht. In 1938 Eberbach became commander of a Panzer regiment, in the newly formed 4th Panzer Divisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konrad Of Eberbach
Conrad of Eberbach (german: Konrad von Eberbach, la, Conradus Eberbacensis) (died 18 September 1221) was a Cistercian monk, and later abbot, of Eberbach Abbey, Germany, and historian of the early Cistercian Order. Life Nothing is known of Conrad's early life. From no later than 1169 he was a Cistercian monk at Clairvaux. At some unknown date (perhaps 1206) he moved to Eberbach Abbey in the Rheingau, of which from 1 May 1221 he was abbot, and where he died in the same year. ''Exordium'' Conrad's single great work, the ''Exordium Magnum Cisterciense'' or ''Exordium magnum Ordinis Cisterciensis'', in six books, concerns the early history of the Cistercians. Books 1-4 were written while he was still at Clairvaux, in the time of Abbot Garnier de Rochefort (1186-93); the last two were added at Eberbach, between 1206 and 1221. It is a book of instruction, on the theme of the early days and flowering of the Cistercians at Clairvaux, containing much information on significant person ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
