is a municipality in the
district
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of
in
,
Germany
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. It is principally known as the location of
Abbey.
Districts
The municipality consists of the following districts.
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Abbey
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History
Following the dissolution of
Abbey in 1802, its constituent towns were governed by the
Kingdom of as they had existed under the monastery. In 1810–11, this district was dissolved and its area given to the , , and districts. In 1938, these were all given to the district of the
Free People's State of . With the , and its old
e have been assigned to the
district. The
81, running through , began operation in 1974.
Geography
The municipality (
) of comprises of the
district, within the
state
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of
and the
Federal Republic of Germany
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. is physically located on the and . It is bisected by the
river, which also marks the lowest elevation in the municipality at above sea level
NN. The highest elevation, , is found in the east of the municipal area.
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Coat of arms
The municipal coat of arms
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for displays an armored fist in silver
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and a crosier
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in gold
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crossed diagonally over a green
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field but behind the , a checkerboard-pattern red
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-and-white bar
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associated with the Cistercian Order. This pattern was issued by the district government on 19 September 1978, but evolved from renditions of a pattern in 1972 that omitted the armored hand, a reference to , who is buried in . The crosier and the bar references the Cistercians, whose iconography, most prominently Abbey's church, had been used to identify in postage stamps in the past.[
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References
External links
Official website
(in German)
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Towns in Baden-Württemberg
Hohenlohe (district)