title: Egloffstein
text: # Egloffstein
  
  Egloffstein is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria in Germany.
  
  ## Geography
  
  ### Location
  
  The village of Egloffstein is a state-recognised climatic spa and lies in the valley of the Trubach river on the hillside beneath the eponymous castle.
  
  ### Neighbouring communities
  
  Its neighbouring communities (clockwise from the north) are:
  
  Gößweinstein, Obertrubach, Gräfenberg, Leutenbach, Pretzfeld
  
  ### Administrative subdivisions
  
  Egloffstein is divided into 16 parishes:
  
  | Affalterthal Äpfelbach Bärenthal Bieberbach Dietersberg Egloffstein Egloffsteinerhüll Hammerbühl | Hammermühle Hammerthoos Hundsboden Hundshaupten Mostviel Rothenhof Schlehenmühle Schweinthal |
  | - | - |
  
  * Affalterthal above Egloffstein in the upper part of the Mostvieler valley.
  * Bieberbach is well known for its great Osterbrunnen. In 2005, however, it had to concede its title as the "Greatest Osterbrunnen in the World" to Sulzbach-Rosenberg. The village is first recorded in 1225.
  * Hundshaupten is known for its wildlife enclosure and petting zoo, and for the castle of Hundshaupten.
  
  ## Attractions
  
  Above the village stands the former mediaeval Egloffstein Castle of the lords of Egloffstein.
  
  There is an open-air swimming pool that dates to before the war.
  
  