Holnstein

Most important sight is the castle of Holnstein (Schloss Holnstein),{{cite book |last1=Baedeker (Firm) |first1=Karl |title=Southern Germany (Wurtemberg and Bavaria): Handbook for Travellers |date=1910 |publisher=Baedeker |page=322 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mD8LAQAAIAAJ |access-date=19 April 2022 |language=en}} and the brewery that is located since 1502 inside the castle.{{cite book |last1=Baedeker |first1=Karl |title=Southern Germany: Handbook for Travellers |date=1902 |publisher=K. Baedeker |page=262 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ksNAAAAYAAJ |access-date=19 April 2022 |language=en}} The castle was home to the Count of Holnstein.{{cite book |last1=Raineval |first1=Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et |last2=Raineval |first2=Melville Henry Massue Marquis of Ruvigny and |title=The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who," of the Sovereigns, Princes, and Nobles of Europe |date=1914 |publisher=Burke's Peerage |isbn=978-0-85011-028-9 |page=793 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jVE4AQAAMAAJ&dq=Schloss+Holnstein&pg=PA793 |access-date=19 April 2022 |language=en}}

An important event is the "Kirwa" which takes place every year on the first weekend of August. All of the village celebrates the patron of its chapelle, St. Katharina.{{cite book |title=Die Kunstdenkmäler von Bayern: im Auftrag des Staatsministeriums für Unterricht und Kultus hrsg. vom Landesamt für Denkmalpflege |date=1908 |publisher=Kommissionsverlag R. Oldenbourg |page=97 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AbonAAAAMAAJ&dq=Schloss+Holnstein&pg=PA97 |access-date=19 April 2022 |language=de}}

• Caroline von Holnstein

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• [https://www.komoot.com/highlight/1013053 Holnstein – Ein geschichtsträchtiger Ort]

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Category:Populated places in Amberg-Sulzbach

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