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Pottenstein

Pottenstein is a town in , in the district of . Pottenstein is in the steep rocky gorge carved by the River Püttlach, with many interesting rock formations, overlooked by Pottenstein Castle since the 11th century.
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  • Type: Town with 5,360 residents
  • Description: town in Landkreis Bayreuth in Germany
  • Also known as: “09472179”, “Pottenstein, Bavaria”, and “Stadt Pottenstein”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pottenstein Castle and Devil’s Cave.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is one of the oldest castles in , a region in the German state of . It stands on a rock above the eponymous town of Pottenstein in the county of Bayreuth.

Cave
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The Devil's Cave is a dripstone cave located in the town of Pottenstein, , . The cave is 1,500 metres, the largest in .

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Nemracc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a scenic viewpoint.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Weidenloh and Schüttersmühle.

Village
Photo: Martinhoe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village.

Hamlet
Photo: Xocolatl, Public domain.
is a hamlet.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Pottenstein

Latitude
49.7722° or 49° 46′ 20″ north
Longitude
11.4087° or 11° 24′ 32″ east
Population
5,360
Elevation
373 metres (1,224 feet)
Open location code
8FXHQCC5+VF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240057635
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6558303
Wiki­data ID
Q504762
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Pottenstein” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Pottenstein”
  • Arabic: “بوتينشتاين”
  • Aragonese: “Pottenstein”
  • Armenian: “Պոթենշտայն”
  • Arpitan: “Pottenstein”
  • Asturian: “Pottenstein”
  • Basque: “Pottenstein”
  • Bavarian: “Pottenstein”
  • Breton: “Pottenstein”
  • Catalan: “Pottenstein”
  • Chechen: “Поттенштайн (Лакха Франкони)”
  • Chechen: “Поттенштайн”
  • Chinese: “波滕施泰因”
  • Corsican: “Pottenstein”
  • Croatian: “Pottenstein”
  • Czech: “Pottenstein”
  • Danish: “Pottenstein”
  • Dutch: “Pottenstein”
  • Esperanto: “Pottenstein”
  • Estonian: “Pottenstein”
  • Finnish: “Pottenstein”
  • French: “Pottenstein”
  • Friulian: “Pottenstein”
  • Galician: “Pottenstein”
  • German: “Pottenstein”
  • Hungarian: “Pottenstein”
  • Icelandic: “Pottenstein”
  • Ido: “Pottenstein”
  • Indonesian: “Pottenstein”
  • Interlingua: “Pottenstein”
  • Interlingue: “Pottenstein”
  • Irish: “Pottenstein”
  • Italian: “Pottenstein”
  • Japanese: “ポッテンシュタイン”
  • Kazakh: “Поттенштайн”
  • Kirghiz: “Поттенштайн”
  • Kongo: “Pottenstein”
  • Kurdish: “Pottenstein, Bavyera”
  • Kurdish: “Pottenstein”
  • Ladin: “Pottenstein”
  • Ligurian: “Pottenstein”
  • Limburgan: “Pottenstein”
  • Lombard: “Pottenstein”
  • Low German: “Pottenstein”
  • Luxembourgish: “Pottenstein”
  • Malagasy: “Pottenstein”
  • Malay: “Pottenstein, Bavaria”
  • Malay: “Pottenstein”
  • Minangkabau: “Pottenstein”
  • Narom: “Pottenstein”
  • Neapolitan: “Pottenstein”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pottenstein”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pottenstein”
  • Norwegian: “Pottenstein”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Pottenstein”
  • Persian: “پتن اشتاین”
  • Persian: “پتن‌اشتاین”
  • Picard: “Pottenstein”
  • Piemontese: “Pottenstein”
  • Polish: “Pottenstein”
  • Portuguese: “Pottenstein”
  • Romanian: “Pottenstein (Oberfranken)”
  • Romanian: “Pottenstein, Bavaria”
  • Romanian: “Pottenstein”
  • Romansh: “Pottenstein”
  • Russian: “Поттенштайн”
  • Sardinian: “Pottenstein”
  • Scots: “Pottenstein”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Pottenstein”
  • Serbian: “Potenštajn”
  • Serbian: “Pottenstein”
  • Serbian: “Потенштајн”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pottenstein”
  • Sicilian: “Pottenstein”
  • Slovak: “Pottenstein”
  • Slovenian: “Pottenstein”
  • Spanish: “Pottenstein”
  • Swahili: “Pottenstein”
  • Swedish: “Pottenstein, Tyskland”
  • Swedish: “Pottenstein”
  • Swiss German: “Pottenstein”
  • Tatar: “Поттенштайн”
  • Turkish: “Pottenstein, Bavyera”
  • Turkish: “Pottenstein”
  • Ukrainian: “Поттенштайн”
  • Uzbek: “Pottenstein”
  • Uzbek: “Поттенстеин”
  • Venetian: “Pottenstein”
  • Vietnamese: “Pottenstein, Bayreuth”
  • Vietnamese: “Pottenstein”
  • Vlaams: “Pottenstein”
  • Volapük: “Pottenstein”
  • Walloon: “Pottenstein”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Pottenstein, Bavaria”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Pottenstein”
  • Welsh: “Pottenstein”
  • Wolof: “Pottenstein”
  • Zulu: “Pottenstein”
  • “Pottenstein”

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