Egloffstein

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

 Geography 

 Location 
The village of Egloffstein is a state-recognised climatic spa and is in the valley of the Trubach river on the hillside beneath the 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
 Äpfelbach
 Bärenthal
 Bieberbach
 Dietersberg
 Egloffstein
 Egloffsteinerhüll
 Hammerbühl Hammermühle
 Hammerthoos
 Hundsboden
 Hundshaupten
 Mostviel
 Rothenhof
 Schlehenmühle
 Schweinthal

 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.

References

Category:Forchheim (district)