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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Oberfranken

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Area
  
28.04 km²

Local time
  
Tuesday 9:38 PM

Dialling code
  
09197

State
  
Bavaria

District
  
Forchheim

Postal codes
  
91349

Population
  
1,966 (31 Dec 2008)

Postal code
  
91349

Administrative region
  
Upper Franconia

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Weather
  
3°C, Wind S at 3 km/h, 94% Humidity

Egloffstein is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria in Germany.

Contents

Map of Egloffstein, Germany

Location

The village of Egloffstein is a state-recognised climatic spa and lies in the valley of the Trubach river on the hillside beneath the eponymous castle.

Neighbouring communities

Its neighbouring communities (clockwise from the north) are:

Gößweinstein, Obertrubach, Gräfenberg, Leutenbach, Pretzfeld

Administrative subdivisions

Egloffstein is divided into 16 parishes:

  • Affalterthal above Egloffstein in the upper part of the Mostvieler valley.
  • Bieberbach is well known for its great Osterbrunnen. In 2005, however, it had to concede its title as the "Greatest Osterbrunnen in the World" to Sulzbach-Rosenberg. The village is first recorded in 1225.
  • Hundshaupten is known for its wildlife enclosure and petting zoo, and for the castle of Hundshaupten.

    • Attractions

    Above the village stands the former mediaeval castle of Egloffstein.

    There is an open-air swimming pool that dates to before the war.

    References

    Egloffstein Wikipedia
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