Pottenstein, Bavaria

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Field	Value
type	Stadt
name	Pottenstein
image_coa	DEU Pottenstein COA.svg
image_photo	Pottenstein-Burg1-Asio.JPG
image_caption	Pottenstein Castle
coordinates
image_plan	Pottenstein in BT.svg
state	Bayern
region	Oberfranken
district	Bayreuth
elevation	368
area	73.29
postal_code	91278
area_code	09243
licence	BT
Gemeindeschlüssel	09 4 72 179
divisions	32 Ortsteile
website	www.pottenstein.de
mayor	Christian Weber
leader_term	2024–30
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History

During World War II, a subcamp of Flossenbürg concentration camp was located here.

Geography

The city of Pottenstein, altitude 350–614 m AMSL, with its nearly 1,500 inhabitants, is a health-resort in Franconian Switzerland. It nestles at the convergence of the Püttlach, Weihersbach and Haselbrunn valleys surrounded by high cliffs and at the foot of the 1000-year-old castle, which has played an important role throughout the city's history.

Mayors

Since 2002 Stefan Frühbeißer (CWU-UWV) has been the mayor of Pottenstein. His predecessor was Dieter Bauernschmitt (CSU), who was in office for 12 years.

From 1935 to 1945 and again from 1953 to 1972 Hans Dippold was the mayor of Pottenstein. The farmer and restaurant keeper joined the Nazi Party in 1931.

Tourist attractions

Saint Elisabeth, widow of Ludwig IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, was held hostage within its walls from 1228 to 1229. Many buildings bear her name today. According to legend, while she was being threatened, the eggs and lard in her basket were transformed into beautiful roses — a local adaptation of the famous Miracle of the Roses. Since 2004 there has been a marked walking route through the town, known as the "Elisabeth Route".

The market square, with its statue of Saint Elisabeth, the Catholic Church, shops, restaurants, and hotels form the central area of the city. Guest accommodations are mostly in the residential areas, in the valleys leading out of the centre of town, and in and above the cliffs overlooking the town. Easily reached from all the residential areas is the health centre with its massage department/medical swim therapy department, station for respiratory illnesses in Devil's Cave, the Kneipp facility, the tourist information centre, the park, putting green, tennis courts, Schöngrund Lake with its rowing boats and pedalos, the summer bobsleigh route, the "Felsenbad" (between the rocks), and golf course. There are 450 kilometres of marked paths for walking.

Sons and daughters of the town

Johann Baptist Reus (1868-1947), Jesuit and mystic

Gallery

File:Pottenstein Bayern Rathaus.jpg|City Hall in Pottenstein File:Pottenstein Strasse.jpg|Main Street in Pottenstein

File:Pottenstein-gg-03.jpg|Pottenstein Castle File:Pottenstein-gg-02.jpg|Yearly resolution of the Eternal Adoration (The Festival of Lights)

References

[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], [[Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik]]. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
Christine O'Keefe. [http://www.tartanplace.com/tartanhistory/concentrationcamps.html ''Concentration Camps'']
[http://www.nordbayern.de/region/pegnitz/ein-pottensteiner-urgestein-feiert-seinen-70-1.3338777?rssPage=UG90dGVuc3RlaW4= Ein Pottensteiner Urgestein feiert seinen 70.] bei nordbayern.de, retrieved 14 December 2015.

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