Engelthal

Engelthal is a municipality near Nürnberg in the Frankenalb . 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 James's 1875 novel Roderick Hudson, ' 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 Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson, where one of the main characters, Marianne Engel, is raised as a nun.