What is Eckental?
{{Infobox German location |name = Eckental |image_photo = Eschenau-Landhotel-Weißer-Löwe.jpg |image_caption = Hotel Weißer Löwe in Eschenau |image_coa = DEU Eckental COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|49|34|N|11|15|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Eckental in ERH.svg |state = Bayern |region = Mittelfranken |district = Erlangen-Höchstadt |elevation = 350 |area = 29.71 |postal_code = 90542 |area_code = 09126, 09192 |licence = ERH, HÖS |Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 5 72 121 |divisions = 17 districts |website = [http://www.eckental-mfr.de/ www.eckental-mfr.de] |mayor = Ilse Dölle<ref>[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], [[Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik]], 15 July 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2020&ndash;26 |party = }} '''Eckental''' is a [[municipalities of Germany|municipality]] in the district of [[Erlangen-Höchstadt]], in [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]. It is 14&nbsp;km east of [[Erlangen]], and 16&nbsp;km northeast of [[Nuremberg]]. It contains 17 districts: Benzendorf, Brand, Brandermühle, Büg, Ebach, Eckenhaid, Eckenmühle, [[Eichenau|Eschenau]], Forth, Frohnhof, Herpersdorf, Illhof, Marquardsburg, Mausgesees, Oberschöllenbach, Oedhof, and Unterschöllenbach. == Twin towns == * {{Flagicon|France}} [[Ambazac]] (France), since 1987 * {{Flagicon|Hungary}} [[Hőgyész]] (Hungary), since 1990 ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.eckental-mfr.de/seite/de/markt/02/WB/Startseite.html Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227174134/https://www.eckental-mfr.de/seite/de/markt/02/WB/Startseite.html |date=2021-12-27 }} {{Authority control}} {{Geographic location |Centre = Eckental |North = [[Forchheim]], [[Neunkirchen am Brand]], [[Gräfenberg, Bavaria|Gräfenberg]] |East = [[Schnaittach]], [