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Encyclopedia > Stamsried


Stamsried is a village in the Cham (district) in the Upper Palatinate region in Bavaria, Germany, near the Czech border. Stamsried has a population of 2,319 as of June 2004. Stamsried is also located in the Roman Catholic diocese of Regensburg. Cham is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... The Upper Palatinate (Oberpfalz) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of Bavaria. ... With an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Regensburg (English formerly Ratisbon, Latin Ratisbona, Czech Řezno) is a city (population 146,824 in 2002) in Bavaria, south-east Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. ...


The earliest historical mention of Stamsried dates back to the year 1140 and has maintained its rural Bavarian lifestyle ever since. The Bavarian statesman Karl von Abel retired and lived until his death in 1859 on his tenure manor in Stamsried. Karl von Abel (17 September 1788, Wetzlar - September 3, 1859) was a Bavarian statesman. ...


The village is located close to the Upper Bavarian Forest Nature Park and therefore tourism makes up a portion of its economy as shown by the number of small hotels and "pensions" or bed and breakfasts. Sites of interest within Stamsried itself include the Catholic parish church of St. John the Baptist built in 1719. Also located very close to the church is the Mariensaeule or Mary's square a sqare with a stone staute of Mary on top of a column erected in 1729 and four other states of saints erected in 1735, St. Florian, St. Sebastian, John the Baptist and Johannes Nepomuk.


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Stamsried - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (524 words)
Stamsried is a village in the district of Cham in the Upper Palatinate region of Bavaria, Germany, near the Czech border.
Stamsried has a population of 2,319 as of June 2004 and an area of 4343 hectares (43.43 square kilometers, 16.8 square miles) which includes surrounding countryside outside the built up area of the village itself, the population density is 53.4 persons per square kilometer (138.3 per square mile).
With the allowance of count palatine Ruprecht II, Dietrich II of Kürn built a castle on the top of the Heitberg in 1354 Due to heritage the castle changed ownership in 1406 to Hermann the Hertenberger, 1425 to Gabein the Freudenberger, 1429 to the family of Wartenberger, 1590 to the Füchse of Winklarn.
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