Großenseebach is a village in the district of Erlangen-Höchstadt in

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History

First mentioned in 1348, the village was completely destroyed in the

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. Großenseebach belonged to

Prussia Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a Germans, German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussia (region), Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, ...

from 1803 to 1810, then to

and was assigned to the city of Herzogenaurach in 1811. Today's political community came into being in 1818. 1980 the free communities Großenseebach and Heßdorf created the "Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Heßdorf". There are no grocery stores but plenty of carp ponds. The only fried carp available are at Kunnersch Annie's every Friday when in season.

Economy

Today most inhabitants work for the big companies in

Erlangen Erlangen (; , ) is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the administrative district Erlangen-Höchstadt (former administrative district Erlangen), and with 119,810 inhabitants (as of 30 September 2024), it is the smalle ...

, such as Siemens.

References

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