1. Districts

2. History

3. Culture and sights
    Museums  Buildings  Lookout points 

4. Politics

5. References

6. External links

Gößweinstein is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria in Germany. It lies within the region known as Franconian Switzerland.

Districts

History

The first record of Goswinesteyn Castle is from 1076. Prior to 1102 the Hochstift Bamberg became the owner of the castle. The prince-bishop of Bamberg Friedrich Carl von Schönborn (ruled from 1729 until 1746) elevated Gößweinstein's status to a Market. During the Secularization in 1803, the area of the Hochstift Bamberg was transferred to Bavaria. During the Bavarian territorial reforms in 1978, the formerly independent communities of Morschreuth, Wichsenstein, Behringersmühle, Kleingesee, Leutzdorf, Stadelhofen, Unterailsfeld and part of the community Tüchersfeld were integrated into Gößweinstein.

Culture and sights

Museums

• Franconian Toy Museum Gößweinstein
• Natural history and geological Collection in the Haus des Gastes
• Steam locomotive train (Dampfbahn Fränkische Schweiz)

Buildings

• Pilgrimage church of the Holy Trinity, 1730–1739 built during the reign of Fürstbischof Friedrich Carl von Schönborn according to plans by Balthasar Neumann, who also supervised the construction. Franciscan padre Prof. Dr. Luchesius Spätling applied for the denomination as Basilica minor. The church was elevated to the papal Basilica minor in 1948 by Pope Pius XII.
• Gößweinstein Castle
• Viktor-von-Scheffel-memorial On both sides, there are the lines of the poem "Ausfahrt" (Exit):

Ich fahr’ in die Welt!

Mein Hutschmuck die Rose, mein Lager im Moose,

Der Himmel mein Zelt.

Mag lauern und trauern, wer will, hinter Mauern –

Ich fahr’ in die Welt!

Lookout points

• Gernerfels
• Kreuzberg with high cross
• Martinswand (Bellevue)
• Pavillon Wagnershöhe
• Ludwigshöhe (Theaterhöhle)
• Bärenstein (529 m NN)
• Fischersruh
• Nuremberg Chapel
• Aussichtsfelsen Wichsenstein (585 m NN)

Politics

The municipal council in Gößweinstein has 16 members plus an extraofficial mayor.

(local elections on March 3, 2002)

References

External links

• Official homepage (German)
• Franconian Toy Museum

• North Korean National Ice Hockey team
• North Korean national ice hockey team
• North Korean natural monument
• North Korean Naval Force
• North Korean newspapers
• North Korean nuclear crisis
• North Korean nuclear program
• North korean nuclear program
• North Korean orders and decorations
• North Korean passport
• North Korean Peoples Army
• North Korean politics
• North Korean refugee
• North Korean refugees
• North korean russian relations
• North korean-russo relations
• North Koreans in Russia
• North Korean tourism
• North Korea nuclear program
• North Korea Nuclear Program Chronology
• North korea nuclear test
• North Korean women's national football team
• North Korean Workers Party
• North Korea Peace Museum
• North Korea politics