Egloffstein is a

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in the district of

Forchheim Forchheim () is a town in Upper Franconia (german: Oberfranken) in northern Bavaria, and also the seat of the administrative district of Forchheim. Forchheim is a former royal city, and is sometimes called the Gateway to the Franconian Switz ...

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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 Hoc ...

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 is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, ...

, Gräfenberg, Leutenbach,

Pretzfeld Pretzfeld is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria in Germany. Geography Geographical location The municipality is located in the south-western part of Upper Franconia, in Franconian Switzerland. The region is known for growing ...

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 ( bar, label= Northern Bavarian, Suizboch-Rosnberg) 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 ...

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

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

References

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