- Harburg, Bavaria
Infobox German Location
Name = Harburg
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Wappen Harburg (Schwaben).jpg
lat_deg = 48 |lat_min = 46
lon_deg = 10 |lon_min = 40
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Bavaria
Regierungsbezirk = Schwaben
Landkreis = Donau-Ries
Höhe = 440
Fläche = 73.17
Einwohner = 5694
Stand = 2005-06-30
PLZ = 86655
Vorwahl = 09080
Kfz = DON
Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 7 79 155
Adresse = Schloßstraße 1
86655 Harburg
Website = [http://www.stadt-harburg-schwaben.de/ www.stadt-harburg-schwaben.de]
Bürgermeister = Wolfgang Kilian
Partei = CSUdistrict.
The castle was first mentioned in
1150 and has never been seriously damaged by war. Unlike many other German castles which were often built in the last 200 years or rebuilt afterWorld War II , the castle Harburg retains the feel of the Middle Ages.Michael Jackson has called Harburg "the castle of my dreams", and he tried (unsuccessfully) to buy it.The village itself is quaint with many footpaths and a historic stone bridge.
A rare historic
Jewish cemetery is another point of interest.External links
* [http://www.schwabenstaedte-in-bayern.de/Harburg/ Harburg Bayern tourist information (in German)]
* [http://www.harburgblick.de/ Tourist information with a lot of pictures]
* [http://216.239.37.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=de%7Cen&u=http://www.stadt-harburg-schwaben.de/&prev=/language_tools Official Harburg website]
* [http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/harburg_project.htm The Harburg project]
* [http://www.castles.org/castles/Europe/Central_Europe/Germany/Harburg.htm Tourist information]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Harburg+(Schwaben),+Donau-Ries,+Bayern,+Germany&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1&iwloc=A Map]
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