What is Colmberg?
{{Infobox German location |image_coa = DEU Colmberg COA.svg |image_photo = Colmberg - Ortsansicht mit Burg und Kirche St. Ursula.jpg |image_caption = View of Colmberg with Colmberg Castle and Church of Saint Ursula |coordinates = {{coord|49|22|N|10|25|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Colmberg in AN.svg |state = Bavaria |region = Middle Franconia |district = Ansbach |elevation = 450 |area = 38.35 |postal_code = 91598 |area_code = 09803 |licence = AN |Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 5 71 130 |divisions = 12 [[Ortsteil]]e |website = [http://www.colmberg.de/ www.colmberg.de] |mayor = Wilhelm Kieslinger<ref>[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], [[Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik]], 15 July 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2020&ndash;26 |party = CSU }} '''Colmberg''' ({{IPA-de|ˈkɔlmbɛɐ̯k}}; [[East Franconian]]: ''Colmberch'') is a [[municipality]] in [[Ansbach (district)|Ansbach]] in [[Bavaria]] in [[Germany]]. Colmberg is the site of Colmberg Castle ({{lang-de|Burg Colmberg}}), built in the 13th century and purchased in 1318 by Duke Frederick IV of [[Nuremberg]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.burg-colmberg.de/showpage.php?SiteID=8&lang=2 |title=The Castle |publisher=Colmberg Castle |accessdate=15 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025211028/http://www.burg-colmberg.de/showpage.php?SiteID=8&lang=2 |archive-date=25 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The town is located in [[Nature Park Frankenhöhe]]. ==Notable residents== *[[Karl Amson Joel]], a textile merchant and grandfather of American musician [[Billy Joel]] ==Sister towns and cities== *{{flagicon|GER}} [[Wartenburg (Kemberg)|Wartenburg]], [[Saxony-Anhalt]] ==Gallery== {| | [[File:Colmberg 5.jpg|thumb|250px|Colmberg Castle]] | [[File:Panorama Colmberg SK 0001.jpg|thumb|500px|A view of t