Abenberg () is a town in the Middle Franconian district of Roth, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 9 km west of Roth bei Nürnberg and 25 km southwest of Nuremberg.
Subdivisions
Abenberg has 14 Districts:
Geography and climate
The city is around 25 kilometers southwest of Nuremberg and ten kilometers west of the district town of Roth, on the northern edge of the Franconian Lake District , broadly seen between the Frankenhöhe in the northwest, Nuremberg in the north and the Franconian Jura in the south and east. The small rivers in the city area drain via the Rednitz/Regnitz to the Main. The spalter hill country rises south of Abenberg.
Sons and daughters of the town
John Schopper, 27th abbot of monastery Heilsbronn (1529-1540) Georg Schwarz (1873-1948), politician, (Bavarian People's Party, Center Party), member of Reichstag and Landtag