What is Lorsch?
{{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_photo = Lorsch Rathaus 01.jpg |image_caption = Town hall |image_coa = Wappen Lorsch.png |coordinates = {{coord|49|39|14|N|8|34|3|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Lorsch in HP.svg |state = Hessen |region = Darmstadt |district = Bergstraße |elevation = 93 |area = 25.24 |population = 13170 |Stand = 2013-12-31 |postal_code = 64653 |area_code = 06251 |licence = HP |Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 4 31 016 |website = {{url|https://lorsch.de/}} |mayor = Christian Schönung |party = [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]] }} '''Lorsch''' is a small town in southwest [[Germany]] ({{convert|60|km|mi|1|lk=on|abbr=off}} south of [[Frankfurt am Main]]) in the Kreis [[Bergstraße Rural District|Bergstraße]] district of the [[States of Germany|state]] of [[Hessen]]. More than 12,000 people live in the town. It is the site of a [[Benedictine]] [[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 birthplace of [[Siegfried]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commonscat-inline}} {{WHSite}} [[Category:World Heritage Sites in Germany]] [[Category:Bergstraße (district)]] {{geo-stub}}