Weidenbach is a municipality

Municipalities of Germany

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  in the district of Ansbach

Ansbach (district)

Ansbach is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is surrounding, but not including the city of Ansbach; nonetheless the administrative seat of the district is Ansbach. It is the district with the biggest area in Bavaria...

 in Bavaria

Bavaria

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 in Germany

Germany

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History

Weidenbach was first named as "Widenwang im Schwabfeldgau" in a document from 845.
From the medieval times up to 1791 Weidenbach was part of the Principality of Ansbach Matheu Weidenbach. After a short time under Prussian rule the principality and, too, Weidenbach became part of the newly created Bavarian Kingdom.