Trainmeusel is a village in the
Upper Franconian
market municipality
A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...
of
Wiesenttal
Wiesenttal is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria in Germany.
Municipal subdivisions
Wiesenttal is divided into 21 parishes:
* Albertshof
* Birkenreuth
* Draisendorf
* Engelhardsberg
* Gößmannsberg
* Haag
* Kuchenmü ...
in the district of
Forchheim in the German state of
Bavaria
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.
Location
The
village
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lies within the
Franconian Switzerland-Veldenstein Forest Nature Park
Franconian Switzerland-Veldenstein Forest Nature Park (german: Naturpark Fränkische Schweiz-Veldensteiner Forst) is a nature park in North Bavaria. The nature park was established in 1995 and it covers an area that is almost coextensive with the n ...
, about 1.3 kilometres southwest of
Muggendorf
Muggendorf is a municipality in the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria
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on a Jurassic plateau of the
Franconian Jura. The village may be reached by car from Muggendorf on the ''
Kreisstrasse'' FO35. Its neighbouring villages in clockwise order are Muggendorf, Wohlmannsgesees, and Birkenreuth.
History
Trainmeusel was probably founded in the 9th century. The village was first mentioned in 1137. Its name is derived from the
Slavic ''Dragomysl'' and means "Dragomysl's place".
Today
The village is rural in character, has no shops and one inn.
Infotafel am Trainmeuseler Brunnen, Bild in Commons
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Near Trainmeusel is the Trainmeusel Spring, a spring formed between two layers of rock (''Schichtquelle'') which is protected as a natural monument.
References
External links
{{Commons category, Trainmeusel
Franconian Switzerland
Forchheim (district)
Wiesenttal