Gruesome
Gruesome
City of Pottenstein
Coordinates: 49 ° 42 ′ 42 " N , 11 ° 22 ′ 37" E
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Height : | 512 m above sea level NN |
Residents : | 32 |
Postal code : | 91278 |
Area code : | 09244 |
Graisch is a district of the town of Pottenstein in the Upper Franconian district of Bayreuth in northern Bavaria .
location
The village is in the Franconian Switzerland on the open field, almost 6.5 km southwest of Pottenstein and near the community-free area Waidacher Forst .
history
A settlement in Graisch already existed before 1007, as the Würzburg old tenth is proven here. The origin of the place name is unclear. It can be the Middle High German words rusch for binsig or gerisach for brushwood or the court of the court .
The district of the former municipality of Leienfels was incorporated into Pottenstein together with its main town in 1978 as part of the municipal reform.
Others
To the north of the village, on the mountain known as the “dance floor”, lies the Leuenstein castle stables , a robber baron's castle that was destroyed in the 14th century .