Bayreuth

Also known as Baireuth

Bayreuth ( or ; Upper Franconian: Bareid, ) is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and the Fichtel Mountains. The town's roots date back to 1194. In the 21st century, it is the capital of Upper Franconia and has a population of 72,148 (2015). It hosts the annual Bayreuth Festival, at which performances of operas by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner are presented.

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Bayreuth is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, with a history dating back to 1194 that today serves as the capital of Upper Franconia. It is best known for hosting the annual Bayreuth Festival, where operas by the 19th-century composer Richard Wagner are performed.

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German place.type: Stadt
German place.image_photo: Marktplatz Bayreuth.JPG
German place.image_caption: Town square
German place.image_flag: Flagge Bayreuth.svg
German place.image_coa: Wappen von Bayreuth.svg
German place.state: Bayern
German place.region: Upper Franconia
German place.district: Kreisfreie Stadt
German place.elevation: 340
German place.area: 66.89
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel: 09462000
German place.postal_code: 95401–95448
German place.area_code: 0921, 09201, 09209
German place.licence: BT
German place.website: www.bayreuth.de
German place.mayor: Thomas Ebersberger
German place.leader_term: 2020–26
German place.Bürgermeistertitel: Oberbürgermeister

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Bayreuth
Country: Germany
Located in: Upper Franconia
Population: 74907
Area: 66.89
Elevation: 344
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Capital of: Upper Franconia
Shares border with: Bayreuth
Official website: www.stadtbayreuth.de
Image: Marktplatz Bayreuth.JPG
Dialing code: 9209
Licence plate code: BT

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located in/on physical feature: Nuremberg Metropolitan Region
twinned administrative body: Tekirdağ
Commons category: Bayreuth
postal code: 95401–95448
topic's main category: Category:Bayreuth
category for people born here: Category:Born in Bayreuth
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Bayreuth
time of earliest written record: 1194-00-00
category of associated people: Category:People from Bayreuth
Commons gallery: Bayreuth
short name: Bh
native label: Bayreuth
owner of: Hans-Walter-Wild-Stadion
street address: Luitpoldplatz
male population: 36469
social media followers: 1627
different from: Bayreuth
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official jobs URL: www.bayreuth.de/rathaus-buergerservice/stadtverwaltung/stellenangebote
impressum URL: www.bayreuth.de/impressum
contact page URL: www.bayreuth.de/kontakt
privacy policy URL: www.bayreuth.de/datenschutz
hashtag: Bayreuth