1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
EICHSTATT, a town and episcopal see of Germany, in the kingdom of Bavaria, in the deep and romantic valley of the Altmtthl, 35 m. S. of Nuremberg, on the railway to Ingolstadt and Munich. Pop. (1905) 7701. The town, with its numerous spires and remains of medieval fortifications, is very picturesque. It has an Evangelical and seven Roman Catholic churches, among the latter the cathedral of St Wih'bald (first bishop of Eichstatt), — with the tomb of the saint and numerous pictures and relics, — the church of St Walp…
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