Forchheim Castle

Forchheim (German pronunciation: [ˈfɔʁçhæɪ̯m] ) is a town in Upper Franconia (German: Oberfranken) in northern Bavaria, and also the seat of the administrative district of Forchheim. Forchheim is a former royal city, and is sometimes called the Gateway to the Franconian Switzerland, referring to the region of outstanding natural beauty to the north east of the town. Nowadays Forchheim is most famous for its ten day long beer and music festival (Annafest) which takes place in late July in an idyllic wooded hillside, home to 24 beer gardens, on the outskirts of the town. Forchheim's population, as of December 2013, was 30,705, and its land area is 44.95 square kilometres (17.36 square miles). Its position is 49° 44' N, 11° 04' E and its elevation is 265 metres (869 feet) above sea level.

Forchheim Fortress (German: Festung Forchheim) was laid out after the occupation of the town of Forchheim during the Second Margrave War (1552) by the Bishopric of Bamberg. Today about one third of the fortification works have survived and have been incorporated into the municipal parks.

Wiesent is a river located in Bavaria, Germany. It is a right tributary of the river Regnitz. It is the main river of the Franconian Switzerland region, rising near the village Steinfeld. It flows through the towns Hollfeld, Muggendorf and Ebermannstadt, and joins the Regnitz in Forchheim.

Forchheim (Oberfr) station is a railway station in the town of Forchheim, in the Forchheim district in Upper Franconia, Germany. The station is located at the junction of the Nuremberg–Bamberg and Forchheim–Behringersmühle lines of Deutsche Bahn.

Burk Castle (German: Turmhügel Burk) is a levelled medieval motte and bailey castle in the area known as Beim Schanzbach, about 550 metres south-southwest of the church in Burk, a village in the borough of Forchheim in the county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria. Nothing has survived of the castle which was mentioned in the records in 1127.

Kellerberg (Forchheim) is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany.

Forchheim is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Bamberg, Bayreuth, Nürnberger Land and Erlangen-Höchstadt.

Kersbach Castle (German: Turmhügel Kersbach) is a levelled medieval motte castle in the area of Pfarrgartenstraße 1 in the village of Kersbach, in the borough of Forchheim in the eponymous county in the south German state of Bavaria. Nothing of the old motte castle has survived above ground.

Pinzberg is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria in Germany. Pinzberg lies in the region Upper Franconia west. The following districts exist: Dobenreuth, Gosberg, Pinzberg, Elsenberg.

Eggolsheim is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria in Germany.

Poxdorf is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria in Germany.

The Eggerbach is a river in Upper Franconia in the south German state of Bavaria. It flows into the Regnitz in the municipality of Eggolsheim.