Maroldsweisach is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in the district of
Haßberge in
Bavaria
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in
Germany
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.
Culture and sights
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Alte Burg (Altenstein), the "Old Castle"
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Altenstein Castle
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Ditterswind Palace
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Hafenpreppach Palace
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Maroldsweisach Palace
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Pfaffendorf Palace
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Pfaffendorf Village Church
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Birkenfeld Palace
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Jewish Cemetery
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with memorial tablets to persecuted and murdered Jews
Local Citizens of Note
* Joseph Brunner (November 26, 1706 –– November 19, 1827) was born in
Trappstadt and died in Altenstein. Once considered to have been the oldest proven person, information has recently surfaced which suggests he may have only been born in 1739, making him 88 years old at the time of his deat
http://www.mainpost.de/lokales/hassberge/Hassbergkreis-Aeltester-Mann-Guinessbuch-der-Rekorde-Altenstein-sensationeller-Fund;art1726,436693
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Rudolf Berthold
Oskar Gustav Rudolf Berthold (24 March 1891 – 15 March 1920) was a German flying ace of World War I. Between 1916 and 1918, he shot down 44 enemy planes—16 of them while flying one-handed.
In postwar Germany, Berthold organized a ''Freikor ...
, the World War I
flying ace
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and
Pour le Merite
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* Kour Pour (born 1987), American artist of Iranian and British descent
* Mehdi Niyayesh Pour (born 1992), Iranian footballer
* Mojtaba Mobini Pour (born 1991), Iranian footballer
* P ...
winner, was born in
Ditterswind.
[Franks et al 1993, p. 71.]
Endnotes
References
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Franks, Norman; Bailey, Frank W.; Guest, Russell. ''Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918''. Grub Street, 1993. , .
Haßberge (district)
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