History
Loacted in Bavaria, Germany. Laufenthal Manor, which has been reconstructed and expanded several times in its history, has first been mentioned in records at the beginning of the 12th century as Bamberg's seat of ministry.
The nobility von Laufenthal appears already under bishop Otto von Bamberg and in numerous dated tradition notes of the surrounding monasteries St.Emmeram and Pielenhofen. The Grundherrschaft over the Prüfening monastery has been effective until the beginning of the secularization. The nobility von Geyer have been residing in Laufenthal from 1698 to 1793.They changed this manor-house completely. Among the nobility von Laufenthal, the knights of Sinzingare mentioned in the early period.Friedrich Sinzinger von Laufen-thal und Klaffenberg and its brother Konrad (Kunz) left a bad memory because of their wildlife, which bordered on robber-knighthood.