- Eichstätt
Infobox German Location
type = Stadt
Wappen = Wappenstadteichstaett.png
lat_deg = 48 |lat_min = 53 | lat_sec = 31
lon_deg = 11 |lon_min = 11 | lon_sec = 2
Lageplan = Eichstaett - Lage im Landkreis.png
Bundesland = Bayern
Regierungsbezirk = Oberbayern
Landkreis = Eichstätt
Höhe = 371-534
Fläche = 47.84
Einwohner = 13721
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 85072, 85067
Vorwahl = 08421
Kfz = EI
Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 1 76 123
Adresse = Marktplatz 11
85072 Eichstätt
Website = [http://www.eichstaett.de/ www.eichstaett.de]
Bürgermeister = Arnulf Neumeyer
Bürgermeistertitel= Oberbürgermeister
Partei = SPDEichstätt (IPA| ['aɪçʃtεt] , formerly also Eichstädt or Aichstädt) is a city in the federal state of
Bavaria ,Germany , and capital of the District of Eichstätt. It is located along theAltmühl River , at coord|48|53|30|N|11|11|0|E|region:DE_type:city(13,078), and had a population of 13,078 in2002 . It is home to theKatholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt , the lone Catholic university in Germany.St.
Willibald founded theBishopric of Eichstätt on the site of an old Roman station in741 . The city was chartered in908 and ruled by aprince-bishop until secularization in1802 , and became a part of Bavaria in1806 . In 2008, the city celebrated the 1100th anniversary of its charter. Eichstätt was included as part of the Landgraviate ofLeuchtenberg , which Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria granted to his son-in-lawEugène de Beauharnais in1817 and an episcopal see was reestablished in1821 . The town reverted back to Bavaria in1855 . Eichstätt is famous for thequarries ofSolnhofen Stone andJurassic limestone . On theBlumenberg theBerlin specimen ofArchaeopteryx was found byJakob Niemeyer .Mayor of Eichstätt is Arnulf Neumeyer (
SPD ).
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