Engelthal
Encyclopedia
Engelthal is a municipality near Nürnberg (Nuremberg
) in the Frankenalb (Frankish Alb). The municipality has a population of approximately 1100 people. It was established as a cloister around 1250 AD and has retained many of the original cloister buildings. In recent years, residents have remodeled and restored sections of the cloister and cloister wall.
Nuremberg
Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...
) in the Frankenalb (Frankish Alb). The municipality has a population of approximately 1100 people. It was established as a cloister around 1250 AD and has retained many of the original cloister buildings. In recent years, residents have remodeled and restored sections of the cloister and cloister wall.
Cultural references
- Engelthal is mentioned in chapter XXIII of Henry JamesHenry JamesHenry James, OM was an American-born writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr., a clergyman, and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James....
's 1875 novel Roderick HudsonRoderick HudsonRoderick Hudson is a novel by Henry James. Originally published in 1875 as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly, it is a bildungsroman that traces the development of the title character, a sculptor.-Plot summary:...
, '[...] the eggs of Engelthal were almost as fresh and the cream almost as thick as those of the Connecticut Valley.'.
- Engelthal is one of the settings in The GargoyleThe Gargoyle (novel)The Gargoyle is the debut novel by Andrew Davidson.-Plot:The Gargoyle follows two different time lines, one in the form of a story [or ‘memory’], and one in real time. In real time, an unnamed atheist and former porn star with a troubled childhood is driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs...
by Andrew DavidsonAndrew Davidson (author)Andrew Davidson is a Canadian novelist. He has a B.A. in English literature from the University of British Columbia, and worked as a teacher in Japan before returning to Canada....
, where one of the main characters, Marianne Engel, is raised as a nun.