Tüchersfeld is a

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in the Püttlach valley in

Franconian Switzerland Franconian Switzerland (, ) is an upland in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany and a popular tourist retreat. Located between the River Pegnitz in the east and the south, the River Regnitz in the west and the River Main in the north, its relief ...

and belongs to the town of Pottenstein.

Geography

Due to the prominent rocks (

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s in cone karst shapes) of a

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hill, which emerged as the result of the uplifting of the

Franconian Jura The Franconian Jura ( , , or ) is an upland in Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. Located between two rivers, the Danube in the south and the Main in the north, its peaks reach elevations of up to and it has an area of some 7053.8 km2. Emil Mey ...

in the Late Tertiary and the deposition of a thick bed of sand in the Upper Cretaceous, and its timber-framed-houses, which appear in places to be glued onto the rocks, Tüchersfeld is a symbol of

and has also been portrayed on postage stamps of the

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. Until the

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there were two castles here, the Upper and Lower Castles, the latter was recorded in 1269 as a fortress that had already been in existence for a long time.

History

The Franconian Switzerland Museum is housed in the old ''Judenhof'' ("Jews Court"), a group of 17th- and 18th-century buildings built by Jews on the grounds of the Lower Castle and inhabited until 1860 by 18 Jewish families, and restored in 1978–1982. Of particular note is the

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from the second half of the 18th century (around 1763) with its simple Late Baroque stucco work on the ceiling; of the original decoration little can be seen after decades of alienation. 159franken 025.JPG, Tüchersfeld Tüchersfeld (15).JPG, The church Tuechersfeld sk.jpg, Entrance to Tüchersfeld on ''Burgenstraße'' (B 470) from Pottenstein The Catholic

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, the Church of the Sacred Heart, was built in 1950-51 thanks to a foundation; with the tower it is attached to another building. Behind the

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is a painting by Otelia Kraszewska (Gößweinstein) depicting Christ in a white robe as he turns to people of different ages. On the side altar is a painting by Anna Maria, Baroness of Oer (Gößweinstein) which shows the

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. The ceiling murals, included one of the

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and the

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. The statues in the gallery and the Stations of the Cross are sculpted by Giovanni Bruno (Gößweinstein). On 1 January 1972, the municipality of Tüchersfeld was dissolved and its territory was incorporated into the boroughs of Pottenstein and Gößweinstein (the hamlets of Hühnerloh and Kohlenstein). File:Tüchersfeld 1834 001.jpg, Tüchersfeld, 1834 steel engraving by Conrad Wießner File:Tüchersfeld ca 1840 001.jpg, Tüchersfeld, lithography () by Theodor Rothbarth based on a drawing by Carl Käppel File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2007-0040, Pottenstein, Kletterfelsen.jpg, Tüchersfeld, 1942

Literature

* * Franz X. Bogner: ''Die Fränkische Schweiz. Ein Luftbildportrait.'' Ellwanger Verlag, Bayreuth, 2007, pp. 78–82, .

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tuchersfeld Villages in Bavaria Former municipalities in Bavaria Franconian Switzerland Bayreuth (district)