Eckersdorf is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the district of Bayreuth in

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Geography

The

of Eckersdorf is located on the northern edge of an area called "Little Switzerland" (German: Fränkische Schweiz), close to the world-famous festival town of Bayreuth. The highest elevation in the region of Eckersdorf is the ''Sophienberg'' with an altitude of 593 m.

Districts

The present-day municipality of Eckersdorf was created in the course of municipal reform in 1978. According to the information given by the local government, there are 22 official districts.

Neighboring communities

The neighboring communities of Eckersdorf are (starting north in clockwise order): Thurnau, Bayreuth,

Mistelbach ''For the town in Germany, see Mistelbach, Bavaria.'' Mistelbach an der Zaya (; Mistelbach on the (River) Zaya; Central Bavarian: ''Mistlboch'') is a town in the northeast of Austria in Lower Austria, one of Austria's nine federal states. It is ...

, and Mistelgau.

History

Eckersdorf was first mentioned in 1149 in the so-called ''Giechburgvertrag''. The

Counts of Andechs The House of Andechs was a feudal line of German princes in the 12th and 13th centuries. The counts of Dießen-Andechs (1100 to 1180) obtained territories in northern Dalmatia on the Adriatic seacoast, where they became Margraves of Istria and ul ...

-Meranien (Grafen von Andechs-Meranien) owned the current area of Eckersdorf until they died off in 1248. The lords of Berg Plassenberg (Herren von Plassenberg) acquired first property in the Eckersdorf area in 1420. A hundred years later, the lords were in full possession of Eckersdorf. After the last representative of the family died in 1552, Eckersdorf came to the Lords of Lüchau, and then it fell to the ''Markgrafschaft Bayreuth'' in 1757. As part of the Prussian Principality of Bayreuth, Eckersdorf became a French possession through the

Treaties of Tilsit The Treaties of Tilsit were two agreements signed by French Emperor Napoleon in the town of Tilsit in July 1807 in the aftermath of his victory at Friedland. The first was signed on 7 July, between Napoleon and Russian Emperor Alexander, when ...

, until 1810, when it became part of Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria in 1818, today's municipality Eckersdorf was created.''Geschichte (history, German language''
Internet-site municipality Eckersdorf. 11. July 2010

Politics

At the latest elections for mayor in 2020, Sybille Pichl (Freie Wählergemeinschaft Eckersdorf-Donndorf und Umgebung) was re-elected. She has been in office since 2010.

Sights

Johann Jacob Spindler built ''Schloss Fantaisie'' for

Margravine Elisabeth Fredericka Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Princess Elisabeth Friederike Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (30 August 1732 – 6 April 1780), was a German princess of the House of Hohenzollern and the Duchess of Württemberg by marriage. Biography Early life She was born in Bayreuth, the ...

from 1758 to 1765. Today, there is a garden museum in this

rococo Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, ...

palace.

References

{{Authority control Bayreuth (district)