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Litzendorf
Litzendorf is a community in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg (district), Bamberg. Owing to administrative reform it has been a unified community since 1 May 1978. Geography Litzendorf and most of its outlying centres lie in the Ellern Valley, which is surrounded by wooded heights with the Bamberg district's two highest elevations, the Geisberg (585 m) and the Stammberg (560 m). Constituent communities Litzendorf's namesake centre is not the biggest of its ''Ortsteile''. Pödeldorf is somewhat bigger. The community has these centres, each given here with its own population figure: Neighbouring communities History The derivation of the name ''Litzendorf'' is unclear. It could have come from the Slavic languages, Slavic word ''lyko'' ("bast") or from the Germanic languages, Germanic word ''litzel'' ("little"). In Merovingian and Carolingian times, when the villages, which were likely of Franks, Frankish and Slavic peoples, Slavic origin, arose, the Ellern Vall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bamberg (district)
Bamberg () is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It surrounds but does not include the town of Bamberg. The district is bounded by the districts of (from the north and clockwise) Lichtenfels, Bayreuth, Forchheim, Erlangen-Höchstadt, Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim, Kitzingen, Schweinfurt and Haßberge. History The history of the district is linked with the history of Bamberg. In 1862 the districts of Bamberg-West and Bamberg-East were established. They were merged in 1929. The present borders were established in 1972, when portions of the adjoining district of Erlangen-Höchstadt were annexed. Geography The district surrounds the town of Bamberg. The western half of the district is occupied by the Steigerwald, a hilly forest region. In the east there is the hill chain of the Franconian Jura. Between these regions the Main river enters the district from the north, turns around just before the town of Bamberg and leaves to the northwest. The smaller Regnitz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
