Thurn (Heroldsbach)
Thurn is a district of the municipality of Heroldsbach in the Forchheim district in the Bavarian administrative district of Upper Franconia .
history
Thurn Castle was first mentioned in a document in 1323/1324, according to other information in 1422. The Lords of Gotzmann had lived at Thurn Castle since 1399, followed by von Bünau , then von Guttenberg and in 1680 von Schönfeld . In 1971 the municipalities of Heroldsbach, Thurn and Oesdorf merged with Poppendorf to form the municipality of Heroldsbach.
Thurn Castle with amusement park
A striking feature of the district is the baroque Thurn Castle, whose park has been operated as a leisure park by the Counts of Bentzel since the 1970s . In 1748 the cathedral chapter Lothar Philip Wilhelm, Baron von Horneck von Weinheim acquired the property. He had the former knight's castle transformed into a baroque pleasure palace.
Web links
- Event location Schloss Thurn
- Thurn Castle Adventure Park
- The local history of Heroldsbach and Thurn . In: Heroldsbach.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The historical course of the Heroldsbach community ( memento from June 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on the Heroldsbach community website
- ↑ www.heroldsbach.de: Parish Heroldsbach: History ( Memento from June 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ www.schloss-thurn-events.de: Thurn Castle: History
Coordinates: 49 ° 41 ' N , 11 ° 1' E