Lichtenfels: Basket City in Oberfranken
Lichtenfels has about 21,340 inhabitants and lies on the Main river in the Landkreis Lichtenfels of Bayern. The town has been the centre of German basket-weaving and wicker furniture production for centuries, earning it the title Deutsche Korbstadt. The Deutsche Korbmuseum in Michelau, just outside Lichtenfels, documents this craft tradition. Kloster Banz, a baroque former Benedictine monastery on a hilltop across the Main, and the pilgrimage church Vierzehnheiligen by Balthasar Neumann are both within the municipality's wider area.
Bamberg is roughly 30 kilometres south. Coburg lies to the north. The Main valley here is wide and flanked by forested hills. The Staffelberg, a flat-topped limestone hill, was a Celtic settlement site and now offers panoramic views from its summit.
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Lichtenfels has about 21,340 inhabitants and lies on the Main river in the Landkreis Lichtenfels of Bayern. The town has been the centre of German basket-weaving and wicker furniture production for centuries, earning it the title Deutsche Korbstadt. The Deutsche Korbmuseum in Michelau, just outside Lichtenfels, documents this craft tradition. Kloster Banz, a baroque former Benedictine monastery on a hilltop across the Main, and the pilgrimage church Vierzehnheiligen by Balthasar Neumann are both within the municipality's wider area.
Bamberg is roughly 30 kilometres south. Coburg lies to the north. The Main valley here is wide and flanked by forested hills. The Staffelberg, a flat-topped limestone hill, was a Celtic settlement site and now offers panoramic views from its summit.
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