The city has a castle known as Margrafen–Schloss, built between 1704 and 1738.
George the Pious introduced the Protestant Reformation to Ansbach in 1528, leading to Gumbertus Abbey's secularization in 1563. The Markgrafenschloß was built between 1704 and 1738.
In 1791, the last margrave sold his realm to the Kingdom of Prussia.
In 1796, the Duke of Zweibrücken, Maximilian Joseph — the future Bavarian king Max I Joseph — was exiled to Ansbach after Zweibrücken had been taken by the French.
Napoleon forced Prussia to cede Ansbach and its principality to Bavaria in the Franco-Prussian treaty of alliance signed at Schönbrunn Palace on 15 December 1805 at the end of the Third Coalition.
The act was confirmed by the 1815 Congress of Vienna; Prussia was compensated with the Bavarian duchy of Berg.
Later he claimed to be the discoverer of the moons, which led to a dispute with the true discoverer, Galileo Galilei. Johann Peter Uz (1720–1796), poet. August von Platen-Hallermünde, poet. Georges Oberhaeuser (1798–1868), optician. Kaspar Hauser (1812–1833), lived in Ansbach from 1830 to 1833.
Later he claimed to be the discoverer of the moons, which led to a dispute with the true discoverer, Galileo Galilei. Johann Peter Uz (1720–1796), poet. August von Platen-Hallermünde, poet. Georges Oberhaeuser (1798–1868), optician. Kaspar Hauser (1812–1833), lived in Ansbach from 1830 to 1833.
The Köppen climate classification subtype for this climate is "Cfb" (Marine West Coast Climate/Oceanic climate). ==Economy== Around the time of the unification of Germany in 1871, the chief manufactures of Ansbach were woollen, cotton, and half-silk goods; earthenware; tobacco; cutlery; and playing cards.
On 1 September 1939 this unit was one of the many that participated in the attack on Poland that started the war.
In 1940, at least 500 patients were deported from the Heil- und Pflegeanstalt Ansbach [Ansbach Medical and Nursing Clinic] to the extermination facilities Sonnenstein and Hartheim which were disguised as psychiatric institutions, as part of the Action T4 euthanasia action.
During the Western Allied invasion of Germany in April 1945, the airfield was seized by the United States Third Army, and used by the USAAF 354th Fighter Group which flew P-47 Thunderbolts from the aerodrome (designated ALG R-82) from late April until the German capitulation on 7 May 1945.
It was repaired in 1946, but it was damaged several times more.
The American Military authorities established a displaced persons (DP) camp in what used to be a sanatorium in what is today the Strüth quarter. Bachwoche Ansbach has been held in Ansbach since 1947.
Since 1970, Ansbach has enlarged its municipal area by incorporating adjacent communities.
Ansbach was also home to the headquarters of the 1st Armored Division (United States) from 1972 to the early 1990s. On 24 July 2016 a bomb was detonated in a restaurant in the city, killing only the bomber himself and injuring few people.
A plaque was erected in their memory in 1988 in the local hospital at No.
Ansbach was also home to the headquarters of the 1st Armored Division (United States) from 1972 to the early 1990s. On 24 July 2016 a bomb was detonated in a restaurant in the city, killing only the bomber himself and injuring few people.
In 2004, its population was 40,723. Developed in the 8th century as a Benedictine monastery, it became the seat of the Hohenzollern family in 1331.
Ansbach was also home to the headquarters of the 1st Armored Division (United States) from 1972 to the early 1990s. On 24 July 2016 a bomb was detonated in a restaurant in the city, killing only the bomber himself and injuring few people.
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