Guttenberg 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 Kulmbach in

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. The town is closely tied to

House of Guttenberg The House of Guttenberg is a prominent Franconian noble family. It traces its origins back to 1149 with a Gundeloh von Blassenberg (Plassenberg), though the first mention in a document is dated 1158. The name Guttenberg is derived from Gutte ...

, who have been associated with the locality since the Middle Ages and still own most of the land in the area. A landmark in the municipality is the

Guttenberg Castle There are several possible meanings for Guttenberg, Guttenburg or Gutenburg: People * David Guttenberg (born 1951), U.S. state politician (Alaska) * Enoch zu Guttenberg (1946–2018), German conductor, father of Karl-Theodor * Fred Guttenberg, Am ...

, the seat of the Guttenberg family. The municipality's

coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in its ...

is derived from that of the Guttenberg family.

Famous people

Enoch zu Guttenberg Georg Enoch Robert Prosper Philipp Franz Karl Theodor Maria Heinrich Johannes Luitpold Hartmann Gundeloh Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg (29 July 1946 – 15 June 2018) was a German conductor. He also owned the large winery estate Weingut Reichs ...

(1946–2018), conductor *

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg Karl-Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Buhl-Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg (born 5 December 1971), known professionally as Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, is a German businessman and politician of the Christian Soc ...

(born 1971), his son, CSU politician and former Federal Minister.

Neighbourhoods

Guttenberg is made up of the following neighbourhoods:

References

Kulmbach (district) {{Kulmbach-geo-stub