Frankenburg

Last updated

Frankenburg is German for "Frankish castle" and may refer to:

Places:

Castles or castle ruins:

People:

See also

Related Research Articles

Limburg or Limbourg may refer to:

Berg may refer to:

Stein may refer to:

Hof or HOF may refer to:

Falkenstein or Falckenstein may refer to:

Schönberg may refer to:

Haag is a common Germanic place-name and personal name, which originally meant "hedge" or "fence", hence "enclosed area", such as a fenced hamlet, park or wood. Also Hagen, Hägen.

Wolfsberg may refer to:

Silberberg is German for "Silver Mountain" or "Silver Hill" and may refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Barbarossa city</span> Nickname for five German cities

"Barbarossa city" is a nickname for German cities that the Staufer Emperor Frederick Barbarossa stayed in or near for some time. The cities usually mentioned include Sinzig, Kaiserslautern, Gelnhausen, Altenburg, Bad Frankenhausen, but Annweiler am Trifels, Bad Wimpfen, Eberbach and Waiblingen consider themselves as such as well.

Schaumburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. Schauenburg is a municipality in Hesse

Heiligenberg is a municipality and a village in the Bodensee district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frankenburg am Hausruck</span> Place in Upper Austria, Austria

Frankenburg am Hausruck is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

Lehen may refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Upper Austrian peasant war of 1626</span>

The Upper Austrian peasant war of 1626 was a rebellion led by farmers whose goal was to free Upper Austria from Bavarian rule. The motive was an escalation of the Bavarian Electorate's attempt to press the country into the Catholic faith at the time of the Thirty Years' War.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frankenburg (Palatinate)</span>

The Frankenburg is a natural monument with the ruins of a rock castle in the county of Südliche Weinstraße in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It lies above the Modenbach valley on a rocky outcrop of the Frankenberg called the Frankenfelsen and was built to guard the road opposite Meistersel Castle.

Schlossberg Castle may refer to the following:

Odenbach is a village in the county of Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate.

The Frankenburg Dice Game in 1625 was the prelude to the Upper Austrian Peasants' War and took place against the historical background of the Counter-Reformation. The event took place in Haushamerfeld in Pfaffing, which at that time belonged to the county of Frankenburg. The name "dice game" originated in the 19th century. The dice in the local coat of arms Pfaffing symbolise this event.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frein Castle</span> Historic site in Vöcklabruck, Upper Austria

Frein Castle is located in the Frein division of the municipality of Frankenburg am Hausruck in the Vöcklabruck district of Upper Austria.