Editing Ansbach (section)

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{{Infobox German place
|type = Stadt
|German_name = {{native name|vmf|Anschba}}
|image_photo = Ansbach, Martin-Luther-Platz-001.jpg
|image_caption = Martin Luther Square, [[St. Gumbertus, Ansbach|Church of St. Gumbertus]] in the background
|image_coa = DEU Ansbach COA.svg
|image_flag = Flagge Ansbach.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|49|18|N|10|35|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = 
|state = Bayern
|region = Middle Franconia
|district = urban
|elevation = 405
|area = 99.91
|postal_code = 91522
|area_code = 0981
|licence = AN
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 5 61 000
|website = [https://www.ansbach.de/ www.ansbach.de]
|mayor = Thomas Deffner<ref>[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der Oberbürgermeister in den kreisfreien Städten], accessed 19 July 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2020&ndash;26
|Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister
|party = CSU
}}
[[File:Ansbach, ehemaliges Gebäude des Gewerbevereins Ansbach DmD-5-61-000-113 foto11 2016-08-05 09.05.jpg|Former building Gewerbevereins Ansbach|thumb|280px]]
[[File:De Merian Frankoniae 108.jpg|thumb|280px|Ansbach in the 17th century]]

'''Ansbach''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|n|z|b|æ|k}} {{respell|ANZ|bak}}, {{IPA|de|ˈansbax|lang|De-Ansbach.ogg}}; {{langx|vmf|label=[[East Franconian German|East Franconian]]|Anschba}}) is a city in the [[Germany|German]] state of [[Bavaria]]. It is the capital of the [[Regierungsbezirk|administrative region]] of [[Mittelfranken|Middle Franconia]]. Ansbach is {{convert|25|mi|km|abbr=off|order=flip|sp=us}} southwest of [[Nuremberg]] and {{convert|90|mi|km|abbr=off|order=flip|sp=us}} north of [[Munich]], on the river [[Fränkische Rezat]], a tributary of the river [[Main (river)|Main]]. In 2020, its population was 41,681.

Developed in the 8th century as a [[Benedictine monastery]], it became the seat of the [[House of Hohenzollern|Hohenzollern]] family in 1331. In 1460, the Margraves of [[Fürst und Markgraf von Ansbach|Brandenburg-Ansbach]] lived here. The city has a castle known as [[Markgrafenschloß|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 [[Bundesautobahn 6|A6]] and highways [[Bundesstraße 13|B13]] and [[Bundesstraße 14|B14]]. [[Ansbach station]] is on the [[Nuremberg–Crailsheim railway|Nürnberg–Crailsheim]] and [[Treuchtlingen–Würzburg railway|Treuchtlingen–Würzburg]] railways and a Station of line S4 of the [[Nuremberg S-Bahn]].