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==Name origin== '''Ansbach''' was originally called '''Onoltesbach''' (about 790 AD), a term composed of three parts. The individual word elements are "Onold" (the city founder's name), the [[Suffix]] "-es" (a possessive ending, like "-'s" in English) and the [[Old High German]] expression "pah" or "bach" (for [[Stream|brook]]). The name of the city has slightly changed throughout the centuries into '''Onoltespah''' (837 AD), '''Onoldesbach''' (1141 AD), '''Onoldsbach''' (1230 AD), '''Onelspach''' (1338 AD), '''Onsbach''' (1508 AD) and finally '''Ansbach''' (1732 AD).<ref>Wolf-Armin von Reitzenstein: ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=CBTv-Jl3DkYC Lexikon fränkischer Ortsnamen]'' (eng: "Lexicon to franconian toponymy"), [[Verlag C. H. Beck]], Munich 2009, {{ISBN|978-3-406-59131-0}}. (in German)</ref><ref>Heinz Bischof, Wilhelm Sturmfels: ''Unsere Ortsnamen. Im ABC erklärt nach Herkunft und Bedeutung'' (eng: "Names of our towns. A Guide to name origins and significance"), Dümmler Verlag, [[Rastatt]] 1961, (in German)</ref> It was also formerly known as '''Anspach'''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grosser-generalstab.de/tafeln/knoe02/knoe02_02.jpg |title=Anspach-Baireuth |access-date=2016-02-21 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924023823/http://www.grosser-generalstab.de/tafeln/knoe02/knoe02_02.jpg |archive-date=2015-09-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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