Peesten

Tanzlinde in Peesten

Castle and old school house

Ascent to the Tanzlinde in Peesten

Peesten is a district of the market Kasendorf in the district of Kulmbach ( administrative district of Upper Franconia ).

The village of Peesten is located about three kilometers northeast of Kasendorf and has 260 inhabitants with the districts Dörnhof and Lichtentanne. Peesten was an independent municipality until it was incorporated into the Kasendorf market on July 1, 1976. The landmark of the place is the Tanzlinde , which was restored in 2001 based on the historical model. Opposite her is the former hunting lodge of the Giech family .

literature

• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Peesten . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 4 : Ni-R . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1801, DNB  790364301 , OCLC 833753101 , Sp. 315-316 ( digitized version ).
• Pleikard Joseph Stumpf : Presten . In: Bavaria: a geographical-statistical-historical handbook of the kingdom; for the Bavarian people . Second part. Munich 1853, p. 645-646 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Homepage of the market in Kasendorf, district Peesten

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peesten. Kasendorf.de, accessed on December 12, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Graefe, Rainer, 1941-: Buildings made from living trees: guided dance and court linden trees . Geymüller, Verl. For Architecture, Aachen [a. a.] 2014, ISBN 978-3-943164-08-4 , pp. 94-101 .
3. ↑ Giech's Castle. Kasendorf.de, accessed on December 12, 2017 . 

Coordinates: 50 ° 3 '46.2 "  N , 11 ° 21' 58.4"  E