Trainmeusel

Trainmeusel
Village of Wiesenttal
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Location of Trainmeusel
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Coordinates: 49°47′43″N 11°14′50″E / 49.79539°N 11.24714°E / 49.79539; 11.24714Coordinates: 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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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