or Anspach, a fortified city of Bavaria, the capital of the circle of Middle Franconia, and of the bailiwick of the same name. It stands on the river Rezat, twenty-five miles south-west of Nuremberg, and in 1846 contained 12,254 inhabitants. It has a royal castle, once the residence of the Margraves of Anspach; a gymnasium, hospital, orphan-asylum, public library, &c., and manufactures of woollen and cotton stuffs, earthenware, tobacco, cutlery, playing-cards, &c.