Adelsdorf is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the district of
Erlangen-Höchstadt
Erlangen-Höchstadt is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Fürth, Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim, Bamberg, Forchheim and Nürnberger Land, and by the cities of Nurembe ...
, in
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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.
Coat of arms
The key refers to the Lords of Schlüsselberg who were prominent in the area before they died out in the Middle Ages. The beaver refers to the
Bibra family which had the castle of Adelsdorf from 1687 until 1993.
Twin towns – sister cities
Adelsdorf is
twinned with:
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Uggiate-Trevano
Uggiate-Trevano (; Comasco: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about west of Como, on the border with Switzerland.
Uggiate-Trevano borders the followi ...
, Italy (1997)
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Feldbach, Styria
Feldbach (; sl, Vrbna) is a town in the southeast of the Austrian state of Styria, near the Slovenian and Hungarian border. It is located in the valley around the river Raab.
History
Findings from the Neolithic period prove the early existenc ...
, Austria (2007)
References
External links
Coat of Arms History
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Erlangen-Höchstadt
Bibra family