Marloffstein

Marloffstein is a municipality in the Central Franconian district of Erlangen- Hochstadt and a member of the administrative community Uttenreuth.

Worth include Castle Marloffstein, castle Adlitz, Atzelsberg Castle and Castle Rathsberg and the old draw-well.

• 3.1 Amalgamations

• 4.1 municipal
• 4.2 Mayor
• 4.3 Coat of Arms

• 5.1 monuments

Geography

Geographical Location

The municipality is located on a ridge seven kilometers north-east of Erlangen. Being close to Erlangen and the wide views from the pass Marloffstein into Regnitztal, in the Franconian Switzerland and south to Nuremberg, the height is a popular tourist destination.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities are ( starting in the north clockwise):

Langensendelbach, Neunkirchen am Brand, Uttenreuth, Spardorf, Erlangen, Bubenreuth

Community structure

Marloffstein consists of six districts:

• Marloffstein
• Adlitz
• Atzelsberg
• Rathsberg
• Schneckenhof
• Wunderburg

Gallery

Castle Atzelsberg

Castle Rathsberg

History

Already 1288 has been documented in a " Count Herman Celarius de Marrolstein ".

Incorporations

On 1 May 1978, the formerly independent communities Adlitz and Atzelsberg were incorporated.

Policy

Parish council

The local council of Marloffstein has twelve members, of that there is the mayor.

(As at municipal election held on 3 March 2008)

Mayor

Mayor Rainer Schmitt ( CSU).

Coat of arms

The Coat of Arms description is: " split sub -section in the battlements of black and silver split main shield; front in red a golden lion, in the back five times diagonally split of black and gold. "

Culture and sights

Monuments

→ List of monuments in Marloffstein

Sports

• TSV Marloffstein

Personalities

• Wolfgang Philipp Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg (1647-1733), German Knights of Malta, Great Bailiff of the German tongue in Malta
• Elke Sommer ( born 1940 ), German actress
• Josef Johann Jarosch (* 1947), German Indo-Europeanist