Egloffstein is a

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in the district of

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Geography

Location

The village of Egloffstein is a state-recognised climatic spa and lies in the valley of the Trubach river on the hillside beneath the eponymous

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Neighbouring communities

Its neighbouring communities (clockwise from the north) are:

Gößweinstein Gößweinstein is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria in Germany. It lies within the region known as Franconian Switzerland. Districts History The first record of ''Goswinesteyn'' Castle is from 1076. Prior to 1102 the Hoch ...

Obertrubach Obertrubach is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alp ...

, Gräfenberg, Leutenbach, Pretzfeld

Administrative subdivisions

Egloffstein is divided into 16 parishes: * Affalterthal above Egloffstein in the upper part of the Mostvieler valley. * Bieberbach is well known for its great '' Osterbrunnen''. In 2005, however, it had to concede its title as the "Greatest Osterbrunnen in the World" to

Sulzbach-Rosenberg Sulzbach-Rosenberg () is a municipality in the Amberg-Sulzbach district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated approximately 14 km northwest of Amberg, and 50 km east of Nuremberg. The town consists of two parts: Sulzbach in the west, and ...

. The village is first recorded in 1225. * Hundshaupten is known for its wildlife enclosure and

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, and for the castle of Hundshaupten.

Attractions

Above the village stands the former

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Egloffstein Castle Egloffstein Castle () is a former high mediaeval, aristocratic castle, that stands immediately west of the eponymous village of Egloffstein in the Upper Franconian county of Landkreis Forchheim, Forchheim in the German state of Bavaria. The cast ...

of the lords of Egloffstein. There is an open-air swimming pool that dates to before the war.

References

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