Wöhr is an historic town, and now district of
Neustadt an der Donau
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in
Lower Bavaria
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Geography
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on the
Danube
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in
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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.
The settlement of Wöhr is between
Neustadt and the Danube
riverbank
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,
Wöhr, Bavaria
at Mapcarta.com and is actually older than Neustadt. Wöhr was incorporated in the late Middle Ages
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as part of the city of Neustadt and residents of Wöhr could be citizen
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s of the city, but lived outside the fortification.
Wöhr was also the seat of the noble family of the Lords of Wöhr and the ducal Urbar Office who lived in the so-called ''Burgstall
A ''burgstall'' is a German term referring to a castle of which so little is left that its appearance cannot effectively be reconstructed. Castle''(now ruins).
See also
* Wöhr; Upper Bavaria; Germany lat:48.351342, lo11.363362 outside Munich
Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...
References
Populated places in Bavaria
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