Ditterswind
Maroldsweisach is a municipality in the district of Haßberge in Bavaria in Germany.
Culture and sights
- Alte Burg (Altenstein), the "Old Castle"
- Altenstein Castle
- Ditterswind Palace
- Hafenpreppach Palace
- Maroldsweisach Palace
- Pfaffendorf Palace
- Pfaffendorf Village Church
- Birkenfeld Palace
- Jewish Cemetery with memorial tablets to persecuted and murdered Jews
Local Citizens of Note
- Joseph Brunner (November 26, 1706 –– November 19, 1827) was born in Trappstadt and died in Altenstein. Once considered to have been the oldest proven person, information has recently surfaced which suggests he may have only been born in 1739, making him 88 years old at the time of his death [1][2][3]
- Rudolf Berthold, the World War I flying ace and Pour le Merite winner, was born in Ditterswind.
Endnotes
- ^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
- ^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
- ^ Franks et al 1993, p. 71.
References
- Franks, Norman; Bailey, Frank W.; Guest, Russell. Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918. Grub Street, 1993. ISBN 0-948817-73-9, ISBN 978-0-948817-73-1.
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