HEILSBRONN or a vil lage of Germany, in the Bavarian province of Middle Franconia, on the railway between Nurnberg and Ansbach, has 1,50o inhabit ants. In the middle ages it possessed one of the great monasteries of Germany, which belonged to the Cistercian order and owed its origin to Bishop Otto of Bamberg in 1132, existing till 1555. Its sepulchral monuments are of exceptionally high artistic interest. It was the hereditary burial-place of the Hohenzollern family. The buildings of the monastery have mostly disappeared, with the exception of the fine church, a Romanesque basilica, restored be tween 1851 and 1866, and possessing paintings by Albert Durer.