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Gössweinstein is a market in the Upper Franconian district of Forchheim with about 4100 inhabitants and lies in the Franconian Switzerland at the confluence of Wiesentfels, Ailsbach and Püttlach. Strikingly, the castle and the Sanctuary Basilica.

2.1 Amalgamations

3.1 Market council
3.2 Coat of Arms

4.1 Transportation
4.2 Railway
4.3 Road traffic

6.1 Museums
6.2 Structures
6.3 Viewpoints
6.4 Recreational Facilities

Geography

Geographical location

Gössweinstein located in the heart of the Franconian Switzerland, in the midst of the city triangle of Bamberg, Bayreuth and Nuremberg.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities are (from north clockwise beginning ) Waischenfeld, Ahorntal, Pott stone, Obertrubach, Egloff stone, Pretzfeld, Ebermannstadt and Wiesenttal.

Community structure

Gössweinstein is divided into 31 districts:

Allersdorf
Altenthal
Behringersmühle
Bösenbirkig
Etzdorf
Hostage height
Gössweinstein
Hardt
Hard Reuth
Hühnerloh
Hungenberg

Small Gesee
Kohlenstein
Leimersberg
Leutzdorf
Liebenau
Moritz
Morschreuth
Moschendorf
Spanking village
Saxony village
Sachsen mill

Saddle Castle
Schweigel mountain
Stadelhofen
Stempfermühle
Türkelstein
Ühleinshof
Unterailsfeld
Wichsenstein
Wölm

Flora

The Gößweinsteiner Whitebeam (Sorbus pulchra ) is a nature reserve and is a so-called endemic plant only in Gössweinstein and its immediate surroundings.

History

The Goswinesteyn castle was first documented in 1076. Before 1102, the castle fell to the Bishopric of Bamberg and was from 1348 to 1780 the seat of a Bailiwick Office of the bishops of Bamberg.

In the year 1525 it came in the Peasants' War destruction and subsequent reconstruction. In the Second Margrave War 1553 Gössweinstein was destroyed a second time and rebuilt. The Bamberg Prince- Bishop Friedrich Carl von Schönborn ( reigned 1729-1746 ) rose Gössweinstein to the market. With the secularization of the year 1803, the territory of the Bishopric of Bamberg came to Bavaria.

On 1 July 1972, Gössweinstein of the dissolved district Pegnitz to the district of Forchheim.

Incorporations

In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, the formerly independent communities Behringersmühle, Small Gesee, Stadelhofen, Unterailsfeld and a portion of the dissolved municipality Tüchersfeld were incorporated ( Hühnerloh and Kohlenstein ) in the market Gössweinstein on 1 January 1972. On January 1, 1974, added Leutzdorf. Morschreuth and of the dissolved municipality Wichsenstein the places Wichsenstein, Altenthal, Hardt, Saddle castle and Ühleinshof followed on 1 May 1978.

Policy

Market council

The market council of Gössweinstein has 16 members plus the full-time mayor Georg Lang (CSU ).

(As at municipal election on March 2, 2008)

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: In gold on green to red rod Dreienberg a green vine with two blue grapes and two green leaves. The coat of arms guidance is occupied for Gössweinstein since the 17th century. Following local government reform in 1978, the market town council has decided to take over the historical coat of arms of Gössweinstein unchanged.

Economy and infrastructure

Transportation

The entire market area of Gössweinstein part of the regional transport system Nürnberg GmbH (abbreviated: VGN ). There are several regular bus services to surrounding towns and cities.

Railway

The market Gössweinstein is located on the railway line Forchheim Behringersmühle. During the portion of Forchheim is to Ebermannstadt still served by trains of the agilis traffic mbH, the section Ebermannstadt has been decommissioned by Behringersmühle on May 30, 1976 to the passenger by the German railway. However, there is the steam train Franconian Switzerland continues a museum operation, which is carried out above all in the summer months. On the track itself are the railway stations and the terminal Gössweinstein Behringersmühle, which also belongs to the market Gössweinstein. Originally, the track will be built further in the direction of Pott stone or even up Pegnitz from the station Behringersmühle to 1930, where you would have to the main Nuremberg- Bayreuth can connect. However, this did not come off because of the onset of the Great Depression and later the growing importance of road transport. The next regularly serviced station holding the station Ebermannstadt, from where there are hourly connections to Forchheim, as well as the Pegnitz train station which offers hourly connections to Bayreuth and Nuremberg. The nearest train stations to the S -Bahn Nürnberg located in Forchheim and Kersbach.

Road

Several state highways make the connection to the surrounding villages and towns safe. The market Gössweinstein itself is well connected by several roads. The next federal highway B470 leads through the district Behringersmühle. The nearest motorways are the A73 towards Bamberg and Erlangen, and the A9 towards Bayreuth and Nuremberg.

Culture and Sport

Gössweinstein located in the Franconian Switzerland on the Wiesenttal. The city is located in the Northern Crags Frankenjura, numerous hiking and biking trails are also within the city limits.

Attractions

Museums

Wallfahrtsmuseum Gössweinstein
Toy Museum Gössweinstein
History collection at the Visitors
Franconian Switzerland Steam Railway ( heritage railway )

Structures

The pilgrimage church of the Holy Trinity with Franciscan monastery was 1730-1739 under Prince-Bishop Friedrich Carl, designed by Balthasar Neumann, who himself oversaw the construction, built by Schönborn. The church was founded in 1948 at the request of the Franciscan Father Prof. Dr. Luchesius Spätling by Pope Pius XII. the papal basilica minor charged (see also Gössweinstein monastery and basilica Gössweinstein ).
Castle Gössweinstein
Viktor von Scheffel Memorial, where the verses are on both sides to read from the poem exit:

Viewpoints

Around the town there are several viewpoints. These include:

Gerner of the Rock, the Kreuzberg with high cross, the Martin wall and Bellevue, the pavilion at the height Wagner
Ludwig height ( theater cave ), the stone bears ( 529 m asl), the Fischersruh, the Nuremberg Chapel
The lookout for Wichsenstein ( 585 m asl)