Lupburg is a municipality

Municipalities of Germany

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 in the district of Neumarkt

Neumarkt (district)

Neumarkt is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Nürnberger Land, Amberg-Sulzbach, Schwandorf, Regensburg, Kelheim, Eichstätt and Roth.-History:...

 in Bavaria

Bavaria

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 in Germany

Germany

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.

Sightseeing

The ruins of Lupburg Castle, which was destroyed by the Swedes in the Thirty Years War, tower over the city's cobblestone market square, which also features a beautiful medieval church. The city of Parsberg

Parsberg

Parsberg is a municipality in the district of Neumarkt in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 23 km southeast of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, and 33 km northwest of Regensburg, directly on Autobahn 3, which is the main route from Nuremberg to Regensburg Parsberg is a municipality in the...

 and the U.S. Army installation at Hohenfels

Hohenfels

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 are nearby, as is the lovely Altmuhl River valley. In addition to these, numerous castle

Castle

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s and ruins are in the area.

Clubs

• The Society for Creative Anachronism
  Society for Creative Anachronism
  The Society for Creative Anachronism is an international living history group with the aim of studying and recreating mainly Medieval European cultures and their histories before the 17th century...
  
   has a local branch, the Stronghold of Nebelwald, which stretches from the Parsberg-Lupburg area in the far south to Vilseck in the north.

Churches

• Like all of Bavaria, the city is predominantly Roman Catholic
• Americans in Latter-day Saints living in Lupburg belong to the Regensburg Branch of the Nuremberg Stake.

External links

• History of the Coat of Arms of Lupburg