Leienfels

Leienfels City of Pottenstein Coordinates: 49 ° 42 ′ 28 "  N , 11 ° 22 ′ 20"  E
Height :	571 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	39
Incorporation :	May 1, 1978
Postal code :	91278
Area code :	09244

Leienfels is a district of the town of Pottenstein in the Upper Franconian district of Bayreuth in northern Bavaria .

Geography and transport links

Leienfels is located in the southwest of the municipality, 7.5 kilometers southwest of the core town of Pottenstein. The community-free area Waidacher Forst lies between the district of Leienfels, which largely coincides with the earlier municipality, and the rest of today's municipality . State road  2163 runs east of the village, federal road 2 to the south-east .

history

Until the municipal reform , Leienfels was a municipality in what was then the Pegnitz district . Districts were next to the main town Graisch , Soranger and Weidenhüll near Leienfels . On May 1, 1978 it was incorporated into Pottenstein.

Attractions

View from the Leienfels castle ruins

The Leienfels castle ruins are located about 100 meters northwest of the outskirts on the 590  m high Schlossberg .

In the list of architectural monuments in Pottenstein , three architectural monuments are listed for Leienfels .

Web links

• Leienfels on the Pottenstein website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Community website
2. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 675 to 677 .