Oberamt Eschenau

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The lowlands of the Principality of Bayreuth with the Oberamt Eschenau in the far east

The Oberamt Eschenau was an administrative area of ​​the Principality of Bayreuth , which was ruled by a branch of the Hohenzollern family until 1791/92 . The Oberamt Eschenau was established in 1752 after the Principality of Bayreuth, against the resistance of the Imperial City of Nuremberg, had managed to buy the Eschenau Market , which had previously belonged to a Nuremberg owner .

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  1. a b Sigmund Benker, Andreas Kraus (Ed.): History of Franconia up to the end of the 18th century . 3. Edition. Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-39451-5 , p. 760 .
  2. Gertrud Diepolder : Bavarian History Atlas . Ed .: Max Spindler . Bayerischer Schulbuch Verlag, Munich 1969, ISBN 3-7627-0723-5 , p. 31, 33 .

Coordinates: 50 °  N , 11 °  E