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Romantic Franconia
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Colmberg, Bavaria, GermanyRomantic, Franken Town with Half-Timbered Houses and Staufen CastleColmberg is a romantic town in Franconia, Bavaria with a famous Staufen-era castle now a hotel and restaurant and a pleasant old town with half-timbered houses.
Markt Colmberg, Am Markt 1, 91598 Colmberg, tel 09803-93-290.
Sightseeing in Colmberg Colmberg is a typical romantic Franken town with numerous half-timbered houses. The main reason to visit can be seen from afar Burg Colmberg, tel 09803-91-920, that towers over the town from a hill around 50m/160 ft higher than the surrounding countryside. According to legend, there was already in Carolingian times a fortress on this hill. However, the oldest references to the fortress are from the Staufen era with much of the original Romanesque structures dating from this time. In contrast to the town, the fortress survived attacks in both Margrave Wars and the Thirty Years War and thus has one of the best-preserved medieval defenses in Franken. The Romanesque palace received a neo-Gothic makeover during the 19th century but the 35-m/115-ft-high, round keep is the original. Colmberg town and castle are firm favorites on several cycling routes.
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