Pleinfeld

Sister cities

• Killarney

History

The origins of the town date back to the 7th century. Pleinfeld was first mentioned in 770. In medieval and early modern period Pleinfeld was part of Prince-Bishopric of Eichstätt and remained under their jurisdiction until the late 18th century. During the Thirty Years' War the population decreased very sharply. Pleinfeld becomes part of Bavaria in 1803 by the process of mediatisation. The train station was opened at 1 October 1849. Parts of Pleinfeld were damaged in April 1945 by an Allied bombing raid, but large parts of the old town remained undamaged. The reorganisation of communities in Bavaria between 1972 and 1978 meant that Pleinfeld came in charge of the previously independent surrounding villages, enlarging the town in size and population. The Franconian Lake District has made Pleinfeld a tourist destination in 21st century.

Geography

Pleinfeld is located in central Bavaria, in the south of the administrative region Mittelfranken. The municipal area borders on the neighbouring Bavarian district Roth. Neighbouring townships are Pfofeld, Ellingen, Ettenstatt, Höttingen, Absberg, Spalt, Heideck and Röttenbach. The landscape is hilly and forested. Pleinfeld is situated on the rivers Swabian Rezat and Arbach, north of Weißenburg in Bayern, and south of Nuremberg. Other rivers in the municipality area are Brombach river and Banzerbach river, both tributary of the Swabian Rezat. The town's altitude is around above sea level. The highest point of the municipality is located near Dorsbrunn, asl. Pleinfeld is the biggest town at the Großer Brombachsee, a lake in the Franconian Lake District. Simultaneously, Pleinfeld is located on the most northern part of the Altmühl Valley Nature Park. Pleinfeld has 35 subdivisions: * Allmannsdorf * Banzermühle * Birklein * Böschleinsmühle * Dorsbrunn * Engelreuth * Erlingsdorf * Gündersbach * Heinzenmühle * Hohenweiler * Kemnathen * Ketschenmühle * Kleinweingarten * Langweidmühle * Mackenmühle * Mandlesmühle * Mannholz * Mäusleinsmühle * Mischelbach * Pleinfeld * Prexelmühle * Ramsberg am Brombachsee * Regelsberg * Reichertsmühle * Roxfeld * Sankt Veit * Schloss Sandsee * Seemannsmühle * Stirn * Utzenmühle * Veitserlbach * Walkerszell * Walting * Wurmmühle

Most recent

• M 2.7 — 2008-06-14
  3 km S of Diedorf, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2002-08-22
  5 km SSE of Rain, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2001-08-30
  2 km SW of Breitenbrunn, Germany