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    Sparneck is a municipality in Upper Franconia in the district of Hof in Bavaria in Germany. The market town of Sparneck lies at an average height of 560 m above sea...
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    The Sparneck family was an old German noble family from Franconia. The family is known to exist from 1223 to 1744 and was named after the market village...
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  • knights, who helped to hide the hostages, e.g. members of the houses of Sparneck or the Guttenberg. The hostages were taken on a route with several castles...
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    the enclosing heights. Originating in Zell, the Saale flows through – Sparneck – Weißdorf – Seulbitz – Förbau – Schwarzenbach an der Saale – Fattigau...
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    fortification. Its builders and owners were the knights of Sparneck. For centuries the lords of Sparneck ruled over a territory, which corresponded roughly to...
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    g. in Schlammersdorf. The family is directly related with the House of Sparneck. In the fellowship of the Margraves of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, members of...
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    Reitzenstein near Issigau. The family was directly related to the House of Sparneck. Members of the family held the title of Freiherr. Franziska von Reitzenstein...
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  • Stockenroth is a village now belonging to Sparneck in the Hof district, Bavaria, Germany. The village is situated on the river Saale between the Fichtel...
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  • Gattendorf Geroldsgrün Issigau Köditz Konradsreuth Leupoldsgrün Oberkotzau Regnitzlosau Sparneck Stammbach Töpen Trogen Weißdorf Zell im Fichtelgebirge...
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    The Bergkopf is an 857 metre high, thickly forested mountain in the Sparneck Forest in Germany's Fichtel Mountains. It lies in the northern chain of the...
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    (6 ft 2 in) Position(s) Centre-back Youth career VfB Pößneck 0000–1995 SV Sparneck 1995–1996 Bayern Hof 1996–2001 Carl Zeiss Jena 2001–2003 Wimbledon Senior...
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  • Raiffeisenbank Würzburg eG Würzburg Bavaria GVB 50 790 900 00 Raiffeisenbank Sparneck-Stammbach-Zell eG Zell im Fichtelgebirge Bavaria GVB 3 770 699 08 Raiffeisenbank...
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    and deprived them of their income. The fate of the Dean Melchior von Sparneck is a typical example of what might happen to a priest in these restless...
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  • footballer who played as a centre-back. Having played as a youth for SV Sparneck, FC Bayern Hof and Carl Zeiss Jena, Herzig moved to England aged 16, joining...
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  • Frederick of Sparneck vowed that he would found a monastery if he would be spared the ravages of war. As he was spared, he founded Sparneck Abbey. At the...
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    Schwarzenbach a.d. Saale (17 km) Schwarzenbach a.d. Saale – Hallerstein – Sparneck – Großer Waldstein – Ruppertsgrün – Weißenstadt (24 km) Weißenstadt – Grub...
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    prominent families, like the Rosenbergs, Thüngens, Guttenbergs, Wirsbergs, Sparnecks, and Aufseßes. Many of the small estates into which the Franconian region...
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    name from Künsberg near Creußen and was directly related to the House of Sparneck. Members of the family held the title of Baron, granted to them in 1690...
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    and ran at first in a southeasterly direction to the market community of Sparneck. It then turned southwest and finally reached its terminus, the climatic...
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  • SP 1133: Abbey established 1147: Imperial immediacy 1348: Sold Luby to Sparneck 1537: Made fief of the Palatinate 1571: Abbey dissolved 1661: Restored;...
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    governor. The family was directly related with the Houses of Guttenberg, Sparneck and Zedtwitz. The last knight died in 1661 in a duel. The House of Hohenzollern...
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    Plesná Podhradí Rehau Röslau Schirnding Schönbrunn Schönwald Selb Skalná Sparneck Speichersdorf Thiersheim Thierstein Tröstau Waldershof Warmensteinach Weidenberg...
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    Fichtelberg Goldkronach Konnersreuth Mehlmeisel Nagel Neusorg Schönbrunn Sparneck Tröstau Warmensteinach Weißdorf Zell im Fichtelgebirge Marktredwitz railway...
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    Bodenstein near Nittenau. The family is directly related with the House of Sparneck. It became Freiherren. A prominent member of the family is Cajetan Anton...
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    State Bavaria Admin. region Oberfranken District Hof Municipal assoc. Sparneck Subdivisions 7 Ortsteile Government  • Mayor (2020–26) Heiko Hain Area...
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    the compass to the mountain, and public roads run from Weißenstadt or Sparneck to the area of the summit. At the top is a lodging house owned by the Fichtelgebirge...
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    Konrad Schott von Schottenstein, 1497 Albrecht Stiebar, 1499 Christoff von Sparneck, 1502 Albrecht Gotsmann, 1505 Hans von der Thann, 1508 Sixt von Seckendorff...
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    Margarethe von Wiesenthau with the parental coats of arms Wiesenthau and Sparneck serves as the foundation of a column. Epitaph of Agnes von Weimar-Orlamünde...
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  • many of Porsche's victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans races Rüdiger von Sparneck [de] (~1300–1364/1368), Viscount of Eger Hans Stanka (1864–1936), President...
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    Heckil) (1283) Burggrave Friedrich von Nurnberg (1291) Bado de Spareeck (Sparneck) (1283) Albertus de Hertenberch (Hertenberg) (1291) Emperor Charles IV...
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