Trainmeusel

Trainmeusel
Village of Wiesenttal
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Coordinates: 49°47′43″N 11°14′50″E / 49.79539°N 11.24714°E / 49.79539; 11.24714
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Municipality	Wiesenttal
Elevation	445 m (1,460 ft)
Population  (1987)
• Total	90
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	91346
Dialling codes	09196

Trainmeusel is a village in the Upper Franconian market municipality of Wiesenttal in the district of Forchheim in the German state of Bavaria.

Location

The village lies within the Franconian Switzerland-Veldenstein Forest Nature Park, about 1.3 kilometres southwest of Muggendorf on a Jurassic plateau of the Franconian Jura. The village may be reached by car from Muggendorf on the Kreisstrasse FO35. Its neighbouring villages in clockwise order are Muggendorf, Wohlmannsgesees, and Birkenreuth.

History

Trainmeusel was probably founded in the 9th century. The village was first mentioned in 1137. Its name is derived from the Slavic Dragomysl and means "Dragomysl's place".

Today

The village is rural in character, has no shops and one inn.

Near Trainmeusel is the Trainmeusel Spring, a spring formed between two layers of rock (Schichtquelle) which is protected as a natural monument.

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