Bayreuth
a medium-sized town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and the Fichtel Mountains
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Summary
Bayreuth is an urban municipality in Germany[1]. Bayreuth ranks in the top 1% of urban municipality in germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,467 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Bayerischer Städtetag[3], Working Group of Bicycle-Friendly Municipalities in Bavaria[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Upper Franconia[5], Landgericht Bayreuth (älterer Ordnung)[6]
- Country: Germany[7]
- Located in or next to body of water: Red Main[8], Warme Steinach[9], Mistel[10], Sendelbach[11]
- Head of government: Thomas Ebersberger[12]
- Instance of: urban district of Bavaria[13]
- Shares border with: Bayreuth[14]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Colmdorf[15], Eremitage[16], Friedrichsthal[17], Meyernberg[18], Laineck[19], Oberkonnersreuth[20], Oberpreuschwitz[21], Oschen Berg[22], Rodersberg[23], Saas[24], Sankt Johannis[25], Seulbitz[26], Thiergarten[27]
- Twinned administrative body: Annecy[28], Rudolstadt[29], La Spezia[30], Tekirdağ[31]
- Postal code: 95401–95448[32]
- Part of: Stimmkreis Bayreuth[33]
- Commons category: Bayreuth[34]
- Licence plate code: BT[35]
- Local dialing code: 921[36], 9201[37], 9209[38]
- Archives at: Stadtarchiv Bayreuth[39]
- Coordinate location: 49.948055555556, 11.578333333333[40]
- Located in/on physical feature: Obermainisches Hügelland[41], Nuremberg Metropolitan Region[42]
- Official website: https://www.bayreuth.de/[43], http://www.stadt-bayreuth.de/[44], http://www.stadtbayreuth.de/[45]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bayreuth[46]
- Commons gallery: Bayreuth[47]
- Population: 69,212[48], 69,813[49], 71,572[50], 71,482[51], 74,153[52], 61,835[53], 72,683[54], 58,800[55], 35,306[56], 71,601[57], 72,148[58], 73,065[59]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Bayreuth include Bayreuth Festival[60], an opera festival[61], in Germany[62], founded in 1876[63] and Bayreuth airfield[64], a commercial airfield[65], in Germany[66].
Why It Matters
Bayreuth has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[67] Bayreuth is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[68]
Entities named for Bayreuth include Bayreuth Festival[60], an opera festival[61], in Germany[62], founded in 1876[63] and Bayreuth airfield[64], a commercial airfield[65], in Germany[66].