Barbarossa city

Memorial for Frederick Barbarossa in Sinzig

"Barbarossa city" (German: Barbarossastadt) is a nickname for German cities that the Staufer Emperor Frederick Barbarossa stayed in or near for some time. The cities usually mentioned include Sinzig, Kaiserslautern, Gelnhausen, Altenburg, Bad Frankenhausen, but Annweiler am Trifels, Bad Wimpfen, Eberbach and Waiblingen consider themselves as such as well.[1]

  1. ^ Luhmann, Isabelle (30 April 2021). Die Staufer in der populären Geschichtskultur: Ein Rezeptionspanorama seit den 1970er Jahren (in German). transcript Verlag. p. 170. ISBN 978-3-8394-5434-3. Retrieved 5 March 2022.