Egloffstein
# Egloffstein

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

## Geography

### Location

The village of Egloffstein is a state-recognised climatic spa and lies in the valley of the Trubach river on the hillside beneath the eponymous castle.

### Neighbouring communities

Its neighbouring communities (clockwise from the north) are:

Gößweinstein, Obertrubach, Gräfenberg, Leutenbach, Pretzfeld

### Administrative subdivisions

Egloffstein is divided into 16 parishes:

| Affalterthal Äpfelbach Bärenthal Bieberbach Dietersberg Egloffstein Egloffsteinerhüll Hammerbühl | Hammermühle Hammerthoos Hundsboden Hundshaupten Mostviel Rothenhof Schlehenmühle Schweinthal |
| - | - |

* Affalterthal above Egloffstein in the upper part of the Mostvieler valley.
* Bieberbach is well known for its great Osterbrunnen. In 2005, however, it had to concede its title as the "Greatest Osterbrunnen in the World" to Sulzbach-Rosenberg. The village is first recorded in 1225.
* Hundshaupten is known for its wildlife enclosure and petting zoo, and for the castle of Hundshaupten.

## Attractions

Above the village stands the former mediaeval Egloffstein Castle of the lords of Egloffstein.

There is an open-air swimming pool that dates to before the war.

