Breitenlohe is a part of the city
Burghaslach
Burghaslach is a municipality and a market town in the district of Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim in Franconia in Bavaria, Germany.
Geography
Neighbouring municipalities to Burghaslach are Geiselwind, Schlüsselfeld, Vestenbergsgreuth, Mar ...
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Bavaria
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Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. Breitenlohe has about 100 inhabitants and is part of the administrative district
Landkreis Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim.
Castle
Well known is the castle from the 16th century. It was originally a moated castle, but the moat is dry. It has six towers, in two of them are staircases. Before the castle was built in 1569, there was already a kind of castle in the same place. The first castle was built in 1340 for Albrecht von Hohenlohe and later sold to the Family von Vestenberg, who renovated the castle and later rebuilt it. The castle is not open to the public.
Church
Close to the castle is the Catholic church of Exaltatio S. Crucis, also built in the 16th century.
Social life
Breitenlohe has an auxiliary fire brigade.
External links
Homepage of the castle
Literature
* Natascha Meuser: ''Schloss Breitenlohe: Architektur und Baugeschichte'', DOM publishers, Berlin 2014, .
Towns in Bavaria
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