Parsberg is a municipality

Municipalities of Germany

Municipalities are the lowest level of territorial division in Germany. This may be the fourth level of territorial division in Germany, apart from those states which include Regierungsbezirke , where municipalities then become the fifth level.-Overview:With more than 3,400,000 inhabitants, the...

  in the district of Neumarkt

Neumarkt (district)

Neumarkt is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Nürnberger Land, Amberg-Sulzbach, Schwandorf, Regensburg, Kelheim, Eichstätt and Roth.-History:...

 in 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

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. It is situated 23 km southeast of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz

Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz

Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz is the capital of the Neumarkt district in the administrative region of the Upper Palatinate, in Bavaria, Germany. With a population of about 40,000, Neumarkt is the seat of various projects, and acts as the economic and cultural center of the western Upper Palatinate,...

, and 33 km northwest of Regensburg

Regensburg

Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. To the east lies the Bavarian Forest. Regensburg is the capital of the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate...

, directly on Autobahn 3, which is the main route from Nuremberg

Nuremberg

Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...

 to Regensburg (and then on into Austria

Austria

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. It was formerly the seat of the Count

Count

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s of Parsberg, whose coat of arms

Coat of arms

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 is now used by the city.

Sightseeing

Parsberg Castle and museum (the museum is only open on Sundays or by appointment). Parsberg also has a beautiful medieval church. The city of Lupburg

Lupburg

Lupburg is a municipality in the district of Neumarkt in Bavaria in Germany.-Sightseeing:The ruins of Lupburg Castle, which was destroyed by the Swedes in the Thirty Years War, tower over the city's cobblestone market square, which also features a beautiful medieval church. The city of Parsberg...

 and the U.S. Army installation at Hohenfels

Hohenfels, Bavaria

Hohenfels is a municipality in the district of Neumarkt in the region of Upper Palatinate in Bavaria, Germany. The town is host to the United States Army Garrison Hohenfels, which operates the Joint Multinational Readiness Center for training NATO armed forces....

 are nearby, as is the lovely Altmuhl River valley. In addition to these, numerous castle

Castle

A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...

s and ruins are in the area.

Services

Parsberg has a regional hospital

Hospital

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 and is served by the Deutsche Bahn

Deutsche Bahn

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 at its train station, with routine service to nearby large cities.

Clubs

• The Society for Creative Anachronism
  Society for Creative Anachronism
  The Society for Creative Anachronism is an international living history group with the aim of studying and recreating mainly Medieval European cultures and their histories before the 17th century...
  
   has a local branch, the Stronghold of Nebelwald, which stretches from Parsberg in the far south to Vilseck in the north.
• The U.S. Field Artillery Association has a local chapter at Hohenfels, which includes the city of Parsberg.

Churches

• Like all of Bavaria, the city is predominantly Roman Catholic; however, Protestant churches are also well represented.
• Americans in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints living in Parsberg belong to the Regensburg Branch of the Nuremberg Stake.

External references

• History of Parsberg (PDF in German)
• History of the Coat of Arms of Parsberg