Gößweinstein

Gößweinstein
Municipality
View of the town
Coat of arms
Location of Gößweinstein within Forchheim district
Gößweinstein Gößweinstein
Coordinates: 49°46′N 11°19′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberfranken
District	Forchheim
Subdivisions	30 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Hanngörg Zimmermann
Area
• Total	57.70 km2 (22.28 sq mi)
Elevation	312 m (1,024 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)
• Total	4,405
• Density	76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	91327
Dialling codes	09242
Vehicle registration	FO
Website	www.goessweinstein.de

Gößweinstein is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria in Germany. It lies within the region known as Franconian Switzerland.

Districts

Allersdorf Altenthal Behringersmühle Bösenbirkig Etzdorf Geiselhöhe Gößweinstein Hardt Hartenreuth Hühnerloh

Hungenberg Kleingesee Kohlstein Krachershöhe Leimersberg Leutzdorf Moritz Morschreuth Moschendorf Prügeldorf

Sachsendorf Sachsenmühle Sattelmannsburg Stadelhofen Stempfermühle Türkelstein Ühleinshof Unterailsfeld Wichsenstein Wölm

History

The first record of Goswinesteyn Castle is from 1076. Prior to 1102 the Hochstift Bamberg became the owner of the castle. The prince-bishop of Bamberg Friedrich Carl von Schönborn (ruled from 1729 until 1746) elevated Gößweinstein's status to a Market. During the Secularization in 1803, the area of the Hochstift Bamberg was transferred to Bavaria. During the Bavarian territorial reforms in 1978, the formerly independent communities of Morschreuth, Wichsenstein, Behringersmühle, Kleingesee, Leutzdorf, Stadelhofen, Unterailsfeld and part of the community Tüchersfeld were integrated into Gößweinstein.

Culture and sights

Map from 1912 with Gößweinstein on the lower right side

Museums

• Franconian Toy Museum Gößweinstein
• Natural history and geological Collection in the Haus des Gastes
• Steam locomotive train (Dampfbahn Fränkische Schweiz)

Buildings

Castle and basilica in 1928

The Apsis of the Basilica minor of the Holy Trinity

• Pilgrimage church of the Holy Trinity, 1730–1739 built during the reign of Fürstbischof Friedrich Carl von Schönborn according to plans by Balthasar Neumann, who also supervised the construction. Franciscan padre Prof. Dr. Luchesius Spätling applied for the denomination as Basilica minor. The church was elevated to the papal Basilica minor in 1948 by Pope Pius XII.
• Gößweinstein Castle
• Viktor-von-Scheffel-memorial On both sides, there are the lines of the poem "Ausfahrt" (Exit):

Ich fahr’ in die Welt!

Mein Hutschmuck die Rose, mein Lager im Moose,

Der Himmel mein Zelt.

Mag lauern und trauern, wer will, hinter Mauern –

Ich fahr’ in die Welt!

Lookout points

• Gernerfels
• Kreuzberg with high cross
• Martinswand (Bellevue)
• Pavillon Wagnershöhe
• Ludwigshöhe (Theaterhöhle)
• Bärenstein (529 m NN)
• Fischersruh
• Nuremberg Chapel
• Aussichtsfelsen Wichsenstein (585 m NN)

Politics

The municipal council in Gößweinstein has 16 members plus an extraofficial mayor.

	CSU	SPD	FW	Jugend und Frauen	Bürgergemeinschaft	Bürger vertreten Bürger	Total
2002	5	3	3	2	2	1	16 seats

(local elections on March 3, 2002)

External links

• Official homepage (German)
• Franconian Toy Museum