Maroldsweisach is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the district of
Haßberge in
Bavaria
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in
Germany
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.
Culture and sights
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Alte Burg (Altenstein), the "Old Castle"
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Altenstein Castle
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Ditterswind Palace
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
* P ...
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Hafenpreppach Palace
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Maroldsweisach Palace
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
* Pf ...
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Pfaffendorf Palace
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Pfaffendorf Village Church
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Birkenfeld Palace
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Jewish Cemetery
A Jewish cemetery ( he, בית עלמין ''beit almin'' or ''beit kvarot'') is a cemetery where Jews are buried in keeping with Jewish tradition. Cemeteries are referred to in several different ways in Hebrew, including ''beit kevarot'' ...
with memorial tablets to persecuted and murdered Jews
Local Citizens of Note
* Joseph Brunner (November 26, 1706 –– November 19, 1827) was born in
Trappstadt
Trappstadt is a municipality in the district of Rhön-Grabfeld in Bavaria, Germany.
Notable people
*Joseph Brunner (26 November 1706 - 19 November 1827), born in Trappstadt and died in Altenstein. It has been suggested that he was the oldest man ...
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 deat
http://www.mainpost.de/lokales/hassberge/Hassbergkreis-Aeltester-Mann-Guinessbuch-der-Rekorde-Altenstein-sensationeller-Fund;art1726,436693
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Rudolf Berthold, the World War I
flying ace
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and
Pour le Merite winner, was born in
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
* P ...
.
[Franks et al 1993, p. 71.]
Endnotes
References
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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. , .
Haßberge (district)
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