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Wassertrüdingen is a town in the
district of Ansbach,
Middle Franconia
Middle Franconia (german: Mittelfranken, ) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the west of Bavaria and borders the state of Baden-Württemberg. The administrative seat is Ansbach; however ...
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Bavaria
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Germany
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. It is between the Hesselberg, the only Franconian mountain with a view on the Alps, the wooded heights of the Oettinger Forest and the foothills of the Hahnenkamm. The Fränkisches Seenland (
Franconian Lake District) recreation area is 15 kilometers away. Altentrüdingen, Fürnheim, Geilsheim, Obermögersheim, Reichenbach und Schobdach are part of Wassertrüdingen
First documentary evidence in 836 is as ''truth muntiga''. In 1524 Wassertrüdingen was occupied by peasants during the
German Peasants' War. During the
Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle ...
it was severely damaged and had not fully recovered yet 150 years later. In the last weeks of the Second World War the train station was bombarded.
People
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Christian Friedrich Freyer
Christian Friedrich Freyer (25 August 1794, Wassertrüdingen – 11 November 1885, Augsburg) was a German entomologist mainly interested in Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera ( ) is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths (both are cal ...
(1794-1885), German entomologist
References
External links
* http://wassertrüdingen.de the official website of Wassertrüdingen. In German
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Ansbach (district)