Place:Fränkisch Crumbach, Hessen, Germany

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NameFränkisch Crumbach
Alt namesFrankisch-Crumbachsource: Maplandia.com
Frank-Crumbachsource: BobC family records
TypeTown
Coordinates49.44°N 8.51°E
Located inHessen, Germany
Also located inOdenwaldkreis, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany    

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Fränkisch-Crumbach is a community in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in Hesse, Germany. Fränkisch-Crumbach lies in the middle Odenwald on the Gersprenz, which empties into the Main near Stockstadt.

Buildings of historical note include the Evangelical Church of Saint Lawrence (Kirche St. Laurentius) is built in the Romanesque style. It was given a steeple and a quire with rib vaulting in 1485. Worthy of note are the epitaphs, some of which come from the Renaissance; the Rodenstein Castle ruins, built about 1250; the tomb of the Barons of Gemmingen on the main street; and the Schnellerts Castle ruins a few kilometres away.[1]

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  1. ↑ Wikipedia: Fränkisch-Crumbach


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