Lisberg is a community in

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. It is in the Upper Franconian district of

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and a member of the administrative community (''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'') of Lisberg, lying in the Steigerwald (forest).

Geography

Lisberg lies west of

Constituent communities

Lisberg’s main and namesake centre is the biggest of its ''

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e'', although Trabelsdorf is not much smaller. The community has these centres, each given here with its own population figure: *Barbarahöhe: (does not exist demographically) *Lisberg: 998 *Neumühle: 1 *Trabelsdorf: 794 *Triefenbach: 15 The community also has 2 traditional rural land units, known in

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as ''Gemarkungen'', named Lisberg and Trabelsdorf, the same names as 2 of the constituent communities (it is traditional for a ''Gemarkung'' to be named after a town or village lying nearby).

History

Lisberg is noticeable even from far away for the ''Burg Lisberg''. This

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had its first documentary mention in 820 in a donation document, and it is among

’s oldest undestroyed castles. From 1600 to 1707, the

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line of the

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s of

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held Lisberg as a

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, and then until 1790 the

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line did so. The castle is now privately owned. Concerts are sometimes held in the castle’s courtyard. The palatial residence (''Schloss'') in the outlying centre of Trabelsdorf was acquired in 1664 by the Marshals of Ostheim and in 1700 it was newly built. It now houses the administrative community (''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'') of Lisberg (whose member communities are Lisberg and

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) and a medical practice. With the Act of the

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in 1806, the Barons of Münster-Lisberg saw their overlordship pass to

. The community of Lisberg has existed since 1978, consisting of the two formerly autonomous communities of Lisberg and Trabelsdorf. South of Lisberg can be found a

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graveyard on a plot of higher ground with some 130 gravestones. In Lisberg, about 1825, there were 17 Jewish families. The number had shrunk so sharply by the early 20th century, however, that the

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was sold.

Politics

Lisberg’s municipal council consists of 12 members besides the mayor, 6 of whom likewise belong to the ÜPL, and the other 6 of whom are

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members. In 1999, municipal tax revenue, converted to

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s, amounted to €640,000 of which business taxes (net) amounted to €115,000.

Culture and sport

Lisberg is regularly the venue for the so-called ''Donnersbergklassiker'' (“Thunder Mountain Classic”), a

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race around the Steigerwald (forest).

Notable people

* Maria Aloysia Löwenfels (1915–1942), German nun, born in Trabelsdorf and gassed in Auschwitz

References

External links

Mein-Steigerwald.de
{{Authority control Bamberg (district)