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Historic Old Town of Dietfurt
DiscoverPlaces to seeGermanyBavariaUpper PalatinateLandkreis Neumarkt in der OberpfalzDietfurt a.d. Altmühl
Historic Old Town of Dietfurt
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Historic Old Town of Dietfurt
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Christian
June 17, 2018
Cycling
Dietfurt is a closed, beautiful place with a Franciscan monastery and an attached meditation house (Zen meditation), a Qigong path, a small museum in the Holler House on prehistory and …
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•HorstAP
August 17, 2022
Road cycling
An anecdote explains how the people of Dietfurt got their nickname "Chinese" and thus also their Chinese carnival:
The prince-bishop of Eichstätt once stated that the people of Dietfurt paid too few fiefs and taxes; he sent his eunuch to check on things there. The people of Dietfurt, informed of the chamberlain's mission, locked their city gates and did not allow him entry. The eunuch angrily reported to his bishop that the people of Dietfurt seemed like the “Chinese” to him – they holed up behind their wall and took no notice of an episcopal eunuch.
The prince-bishop of Eichstätt once stated that the people of Dietfurt paid too few fiefs and taxes; he sent his eunuch to check on things there. The people of Dietfurt, informed of the chamberlain's mission, locked their city gates and did not allow him entry. The eunuch angrily reported to his bishop that the people of Dietfurt seemed like the “Chinese” to him – they holed up behind their wall and took no notice of an episcopal eunuch.
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•BarneySchmid
May 10, 2018
Cycling
The Siebentälerstadt is always worth a visit. Famous is the Chinese carnival
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