Bayreuth (district)

Bayreuth
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Adm. region	Upper Franconia
Capital	Bayreuth
Government
• District admin.	Florian Wiedemann (FW)
Area
• Total	1,273 km2 (492 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	104,843
• Density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	BT, EBS, ESB, KEM, MÜB, PEG
Website	www.landkreis-bayreuth.de

Bayreuth (German pronunciation: [baɪˈʁɔʏt] ) is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It surrounds, but does not include the city of Bayreuth. The district is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Kulmbach, Hof, Wunsiedel, Tirschenreuth, Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Amberg-Sulzbach, Nürnberger Land, Forchheim and Bamberg.

History

The district was established in 1972 by merging the former districts of Bayreuth and Pegnitz, adding the town Gefrees of the former district of Münchberg and the town of Speichersdorf of the former district of Kemnath.

Geography

The sources of the White Main and the Red Main are both located in the district. The Red Main rises in the very south in the hills of the Frankish Alb, the White Main has its source in the Fichtel Mountains in the east. Both rivers run to the northwest, but do not meet within the district's borders.

The valley of the Red Main separates the two major geographical regions of the district from each other: the hilly countryside of the Franconian Jura and the much higher Fichtel Mountains.

Within the county lies the Veldenstein Forest, one of the largest contiguous areas of woodland in Bavaria.

Coat of arms

The arms display the heraldic eagle of the Hohenzollern dynasty together with the white and blue pattern of Bavaria.

Towns and municipalities

Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district

Towns	Municipalities
Bad Berneck Betzenstein Creußen Gefrees Goldkronach Hollfeld Pegnitz Pottenstein Waischenfeld	Ahorntal Aufseß Bindlach Bischofsgrün Eckersdorf Emtmannsberg Fichtelberg Gesees Glashütten Haag Heinersreuth Hummeltal	Kirchenpingarten Mehlmeisel Mistelbach Mistelgau Plankenfels Plech Prebitz Schnabelwaid Seybothenreuth Speichersdorf Warmensteinach Weidenberg

Sights

	Schloss Aufseß	Aufseß
	Schloss Fantaisie	Eckersdorf
	Schloss Freienfels	Hollfeld
	Hollfeld	Hollfeld
	Pegnitz	Pegnitz
	Burg Pottenstein	Pottenstein
	Teufelshöhle	Pottenstein
	Tüchersfeld	Pottenstein
	Burg Waischenfeld	Waischenfeld
	Schloss Wiesentfels	Hollfeld

External links

• Official website (in German)