Parsberg

Parsberg lies in the limestone uplands of the Franconian Jura beneath the castle of its namesake lords. The fortress was recorded in 1205 and was probably demolished after a siege by Duke Ludwig of Bavaria in 1315; it was rebuilt and enlarged around 1450. Fire destroyed nearly all the settlement's houses in 1571, sparing the castle and church. The last lord of Parsberg died in 1730, and the estate passed to the counts of Schönborn before being incorporated into Bavaria in 1803.