The best city hikes and walks around Steinach

The restaurant is unfortunately now closed. However, the beautiful half-timbered house and the garden can still be admired.

Patronage church of the Faber-Castell family. In front of it is the founder's monument. The church was donated in 1861 by the entrepreneur Lothar von Faber to mark the centenary of his flourishing pencil company. In return, he and his descendants were granted the right of patronage. The church was designed by building inspector Bernhard Solger according to the guidelines of the Eisenach regulations and consecrated on September 1, 1861. It is a neo-Gothic hall church made of sandstone blocks with a recessed chancel with a 5⁄8-inch end, a gable roof, and a southern central tower with a tent roof. (Source: Wikipedia)

The Martin Luther Church in Stein (Middle Franconia) is one of three Evangelical Lutheran parish churches in the town. It is a listed building.

The church was donated in 1861 by the entrepreneur Lothar von Faber to mark the centenary of his flourishing pencil company. In return, he and his descendants were granted the right of patronage. The church was designed by building inspector Bernhard Solger according to the guidelines of the Eisenach regulations and consecrated on September 1, 1861. It is a neo-Gothic hall church made of sandstone blocks with a recessed choir with a 5⁄8-inch end, a gable roof, and a southern central tower with a tent roof.

Graffiti all over the bridge, dangerous to climb up there🤔

The church was founded in 1861 by entrepreneur Lothar von Faber to mark the centenary of his flourishing pencil company. In return, he and his descendants were granted the right of patronage. The church was designed by building officer Bernhard Solger according to the guidelines of the Eisenach regulations and was inaugurated on September 1, 1861. It is a neo-Gothic hall church made of sandstone blocks with a retracted choir with a 5⁄8 end, with a gable roof and a southern central tower with a tent roof In 1911, for the 50th anniversary, a patron's box was built for the “Count and Countess of Faber-Castell”. Source: Wikipedia

The camp wall extended from the Rednitz along the Hardstrasse over the Kieselbühl to (possibly) Unterfarrnbach; According to historical maps, the town of Fürth itself (at that time roughly included today's old town district around the town church of St. Michael) was surrounded by a wall. Due to this north-westerly movement, Wallenstein incorrectly suspected a bypass attack from the west and on September 2nd and the night of September 3rd brought a large part of his troops into battle formation on the western side of his camp (on the western edge of Zirndorf). However, Gustav Adolf sought a field battle in the Heilstättensiedlung/Eschenau area; he may have wanted to attack Wallenstein's camp from the outset - this can no longer be fully clarified - but on its northeast side. Source: Wikipedia

After the relief army arrived on August 31, 1632, King Gustav Adolf offered Wallenstein the big pitched battle on the area to the left and right of today's Rothenburger Strasse, but Wallenstein did not accept it. Duke Wilhelm of Weimar, lieutenant general at the time, commanded the army, Bernhard of Weimar the cavalry, General Baner was in command of the infantry, and Colonel Lennart Torstenson commanded the artillery, while other cavalry were ordered to report to the king, who was in command had to keep available. Likewise the Swede Count Nelen, then Major General of the Infantry, the German Major General Boëtius and Sir John Hepburn. Hepburn had resigned command of his brigade and continued to stay with Gustavus Adolf. Major General Rostein was also nearby S.M. as stable master, while Major General Streiff commanded the cavalry alongside Duke Bernhard.[6] The following day, Gustav Adolf had three batteries in the Gebersdorf area bombard Wallenstein's camp without much success. A subsequent infantry attack also failed. The attack started at 5 p.m. from the river bank at the level of today's Ferna Bridge (near the “Fürth-Süd” bus junction) and was directed against an entrenchment in an excellent location on the site. Gustav Adolf broke it off at around 10 p.m. and marched along today's Schwabacher Straße to Fürth, built one or more temporary bridges (probably between today's Max and Siebenbogenbrücke, i.e. in the area of the waterfront), crossed the Rednitz at night and built a fortified one Field camp on the Fürth Hardhöhe, which was continually expanded after the battle until the withdrawal on September 18th