What is Eichstätt?
{{About||the district|Eichstätt (district)}} {{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_coa = DEU Eichstätt COA.svg |image_photo = Eichst..jpg |image_caption = Eichstätt |coordinates = {{coord|48|53|31|N|11|11|2|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Eichstätt in EI.svg |state = Bayern |region = Oberbayern |district = Eichstätt |elevation = 393 |area = 47.78 |postal_code = 85071, 85072, 85067 |area_code = 08421 |licence = EI |Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 1 76 123 |website = {{URL|eichstaett.de}} |mayor = Josef Grienberger<ref>[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], [[Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik]], accessed 19 July 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2020&ndash;26 |Bürgermeistertitel= Oberbürgermeister |party = CSU }} [[File:Altstadt Eichstätt.jpg|thumb|right|''Residenzplatz'' in the centre of Eichstätt]] [[File:Eichstaett Dom 2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Eichstätt Cathedral]] - view into the western choir]] [[File:Willibaldsburg über Eichstätt.JPG|thumb|right|The ''Willibaldsburg'' above Eichstätt]] '''Eichstätt''' ({{IPA-de|ˈaɪçʃtɛt}}) is a [[Town#Germany|town]] in the federal state of [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]], and capital of the [[Eichstätt (district)|district of Eichstätt]]. It is on the Altmühl river and has a population of around 13,000. Eichstätt is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Eichstätt. ==Geography== ===Location=== Eichstätt is on both sides of the river [[Altmühl]] in the [[Eichstätt (district)|district of Eichstätt]] of the [[Oberbayern (region)|Oberbayern region]] of Bavaria, in the heart of [[Altmühl Valley Nature Park]]. ===Geology=== Eichstätt is in a valley of the [[Franconian Jura]] and is famous for the [[quarries]] of [[Solnhofen Plattenkalk]] (Jurassic limestone). On the Blumenberg the [[Berlin specimen]] of [[Arch