Schönbrunn is a village in the heart of the Fichtelgebirge

Fichtelgebirge

The Fichtelgebirge is a mountain range in northeastern Bavaria, Germany. It extends from the valley of the Red Main River to the Czech border, a few foothills spilling over into the Czech Republic. It continues in a northeastern direction as the Ore Mountains, and in a southeastern direction as...

 mountains in Bavaria, Germany. It is not far from Wunsiedel

Wunsiedel

Wunsiedel is the county town of the Upper Franconian district of Wunsiedel in northeast Bavaria, Germany. The town became well known for its annual Luisenburg Festival and the Rudolf Hess Memorial March held by the Neo-Nazis here until 2005.- Geography :...

 and has about 1,400 inhabitants along including Furthammer. It was founded around 1200 as a small settlement within the castle. The oldest building is the church built around 1200.

The area has a brewery, a few businesses and a construction industry. The area was agricultural. The number of farms was reduced to 10.

It became a subdivision of Wunsiedel in 1975.

In 2007 Schönbrunn won the gold medal in a beauty contest "Unser Dorf hat Zukunft - Unser Dorf soll schöner werden" for villages 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...

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External links

• http://www.schoenbrunn-im-fichtelgebirge.de (in German)