HEILSBRONN (or KLOSTER-HEILSBRONN)  , a village of Germany, in the Bavarian province of Middle Franconia, with a station on the railway between Nuremberg and Ansbach, has 1200 inhabitants . In the middle ages it was the seat of one of the great monasteries of Germany . This foundation, which belonged to the Cistercian order, owed its origin to Bishop Otto 212 HEIFER-HEILSBRONN draughtsman and the occasional merits of his composition were recognized, and toleration extended even to his colour . Heim was awarded the great gold medal, and in 1855—having sent to the Salon no less than sixteen portraits, amongst which may be cited those of " Cuvier," " Geoffroy de St Hilaire," and " Madame Hersent "—he was made officer of the legion of honour . In 1859 he again exhibited a curious collection of portraits, sixty-four members of the Institute arranged in groups of four . He died on the 29th of September 1865 .