Stackendorf is a small village located 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

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It is in Upper Franconia

Upper Franconia

Upper Franconia is a Regierungsbezirk of the state of Bavaria, southern Germany. It forms part of the historically significant region of Franconia , all now part of the German Federal State of Bayern .With more than 200 independent breweries which brew...

, in the Bamberg district

Bamberg (district)

Bamberg Land is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It surrounds but does not include the town of Bamberg. The district is bounded by the districts of Lichtenfels, Bayreuth, Forchheim, Erlangen-Höchstadt, Neustadt -Bad Windsheim, Kitzingen, Schweinfurt and Haßberge.- History :The history of the...

. Stackendorf is a constituent community of Buttenheim

Buttenheim

Buttenheim is a market town in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg and lies in the Regnitz Valley between Bamberg and Nuremberg.Buttenheim is Levi Strauss’s birthplace; the future inventor of blue jeans emigrated from here to the United States in 1847....

. In 2007, it had a population of 270.

Geography

A stream called the Deichselbach

Deichselbach

The Deichselbach is a stream in Upper Franconia, Germany. It is about 11.5 kilometers long.- Course :The Deichselbach has its source east of the village Tiefenhöchstadt in the community of Buttenheim...

 flows through the village.

The village has an elevation of about 400 meters.

Stackendorf lies in the nature park "Naturpark Fränkische Schweiz - Veldensteiner Forst."

Culture

There are several community organizations in Tiefenhöchstadt:

• Horticulture Club: "Gartenbauverein Stackendorf"
• Volunteer Fire Department: "FFW-Stackendorf"

External links

• Google Maps - Stackendorf, Accessed September 20, 2010.
• Naturpark Fränkische Schweiz - Veldensteiner Forst, Accessed August 27, 2010.