Adelsdorf is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the district of
Erlangen-Höchstadt
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, in
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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.
Coat of arms
The key refers to the Lords of Schlüsselberg who were prominent in the area before they died out in the Middle Ages. The beaver refers to the
Bibra family which had the castle of Adelsdorf from 1687 until 1993.
Twin towns – sister cities
Adelsdorf is
twinned with:
*
Uggiate-Trevano, Italy (1997)
*
Feldbach, Styria, Austria (2007)
References
External links
Coat of Arms History
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Erlangen-Höchstadt
Bibra family