Schwanberg
Encyclopedia
For the town in Styria, see Schwanberg, Austria
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Schwanberg is an elevation
in the rural district of Kitzingen
, Regierungsbezirk
Lower Franconia
, Bavaria
, Germany
.
In ancient times the elevation, part of the Steigerwald, was used by the Celts as a castle and can safely be assumed to be regarded as a Holy Mountain since then. Later the counts of Castell build a castle which is still existing today. The southern parts are used for growing wine. The rest of the elevation is covered by forest.
Two burial grounds can be found on the Schwanberg. On the one hand the vault of the princes of Castell and on the other hand the cemetery of the members of the religious Benedictine order Communität Casteller Ring
, which emerged shortly after the 2nd World War from the Bavarian Girl Guide Movement Bund Christlicher Pfadfinderinnen (BCP - there is a German Wiki article about it) and is still living actively on the mountain, especially in the Geistliches Zentrum Schwanberg (Spiritual Center Schwanberg).
A legend says, that Hadeloga a daughter of Franconian king Pippin, throw her veil from the top. Where it landed an abbey should be built. This, because a shepard named Kitz found the veil near the river Main, became the legendary origin of the abbey and the town of Kitzingen. A play written for children has this topic and is sometimes played by school children of the region.
Parts of the region belonged to the county of Castell
.
One road leads from Rödelsee to the top of the elevation.
Towns and villages around the mountain are Castell
, Rödelsee
, Wiesenbronn
, Iphofen
, Birklingen and Greuth.
Schwanberg, Austria
Schwanberg is a market town in Styria, in the district of Deutschlandsberg. It is situated on the eastern slopes of the Koralpe mountain range on the river Schwarze Sulm , a major tributary of the river Sulm.-References:...
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Schwanberg is an elevation
Elevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
in the rural district of Kitzingen
Kitzingen (district)
Kitzingen is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Schweinfurt, Bamberg, Neustadt -Bad Windsheim and Würzburg.-History:...
, Regierungsbezirk
Regierungsbezirk
In Germany, a Government District, in German: Regierungsbezirk – is a subdivision of certain federal states .They are above the Kreise, Landkreise, and kreisfreie Städte...
Lower Franconia
Lower Franconia
Lower Franconia is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria , Germany ....
, Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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In ancient times the elevation, part of the Steigerwald, was used by the Celts as a castle and can safely be assumed to be regarded as a Holy Mountain since then. Later the counts of Castell build a castle which is still existing today. The southern parts are used for growing wine. The rest of the elevation is covered by forest.
Two burial grounds can be found on the Schwanberg. On the one hand the vault of the princes of Castell and on the other hand the cemetery of the members of the religious Benedictine order Communität Casteller Ring
Communität Casteller Ring
Communität Casteller Ring is a Religious order for women in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria.CCR emerged shortly after the 2nd World War from the Bavarian Girl Guide Movement Bund Christlicher Pfadfinderinnen. The Religious community lives in the spirit of the Rule of St Benedict...
, which emerged shortly after the 2nd World War from the Bavarian Girl Guide Movement Bund Christlicher Pfadfinderinnen (BCP - there is a German Wiki article about it) and is still living actively on the mountain, especially in the Geistliches Zentrum Schwanberg (Spiritual Center Schwanberg).
A legend says, that Hadeloga a daughter of Franconian king Pippin, throw her veil from the top. Where it landed an abbey should be built. This, because a shepard named Kitz found the veil near the river Main, became the legendary origin of the abbey and the town of Kitzingen. A play written for children has this topic and is sometimes played by school children of the region.
Parts of the region belonged to the county of Castell
Castell (Germany)
Castell was a county of northern Bavaria, Germany, ruling a string of territories in the historical region of Franconia, both east and west of Würzburg. Little is known about the noble Counts of Castell, although they were the counts of Kreis Gerolzhofen, Regierungsbezirk, and Unterfranken of Bavaria...
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One road leads from Rödelsee to the top of the elevation.
Towns and villages around the mountain are Castell
Castell, Bavaria
Castell is a municipality in the district of Kitzingen in Bavaria in Germany. It was the seat of the Counts of Castell....
, Rödelsee
Rödelsee
Rödelsee is a municipality in the district of Kitzingen, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. It's placed near the Schwanberg and famous for growing wine.-Famous residents:* Paulus Aemilius , Hebrew bibliographer and teacher, born in Rödelsee...
, Wiesenbronn
Wiesenbronn
Wiesenbronn is a municipality in the district of Kitzingen in Bavaria in Germany....
, Iphofen
Iphofen
Iphofen is a town in the district of Kitzingen, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 9 km southeast of Kitzingen along the Bundesstrasse 8....
, Birklingen and Greuth.