'Lorsch' is a small town in southwest
Germany (60 kilometers south of
Frankfurt) in the
Kreis Bergstraße district of
Hesse. More than 12,000 people live in the town.
It is the site of a
Benedictine Lorsch Abbey, which used to be one of the greatest centers of
Carolingian art. Several Carolingian kings of Germany were buried there. The abbey is also famous for the
Lorsch Codex, which was produced there around the end of the 12th century. The abbey has been declared a
World Heritage Site. The
Nibelungenlied identifies Lorsch as the birth place of
Siegfried. Siegfried has no birthplace and no burying place because he was no real historical person. In the nibelungenlied is told, that his father had been a king of Xanten.
Partner city
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Le Coteau in
France
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Zwevegem in
Belgium
External links
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City homepage