Parkstein

Parkstein (; Northern Bavarian: Parkstoa) is a municipality in the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab in Bavaria in Germany. In 2020, it counted approximately 2,300 inhabitants. The origins of its castle, built atop a conical shaped mountain, also called the Parkstein, date back to around the year 1000. A first written account of its existence can be traced back to the year 1053 in the documentations of the monks of Niederalteich of the Reichstag in Merseburg. Parkstein was chartered in 1435.

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German location.image_coa: Wappen_Parkstein.png
German location.image_plan: Parkstein in NEW.svg
German location.state: Bayern
German location.region: Oberpfalz
German location.district: Neustadt a.d.Waldnaab
German location.Verwaltungsgemeinschaft: Neustadt an der Waldnaab
German location.elevation: 547
German location.area: 30.84
German location.postal_code: 92711
German location.area_code: 09602
German location.licence: NEW
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 09 3 74 144
German location.divisions: 13 Ortsteile
German location.website: www.parkstein.de
German location.mayor: Reinhard Sollfrank
German location.leader_term: 2020–26

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Wikidata facts

Population: 2359
Area: 30.84
Elevation: 547
Official website: www.parkstein.de
Image: St Pankratius - Parkstein 010.jpg
Households: 647
Dialing code: 09602
Licence plate code: NEW

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Commons category: Parkstein
postal code: 92711
number of houses: 457
P8168: Hans Deppe
P12749: Markus Husterer
hashtag: Parkstein

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Article · Español

Parkstein es un municipio situado en el distrito de Neustadt an der Waldnaab, en el estado federado de Baviera (Alemania), con una población a finales de 2016 de unos 2286 habitantes. Se encuentra ubicado al noreste del estado, en la región de Alto Palatinado, a poca distancia de la orilla del río Naab —un afluente izquierdo del Danubio— y de la frontera con República Checa.

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