Mistelgau

Mistelgau is a municipality in the district of Bayreuth in Bavaria in Germany. The eponymous village is the seat of both the municipality as well as the municipality association Mistelgau.

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German place.image_coa: DEU Mistelgau COA.svg
German place.image_photo: Schloss Truppach bei Mistelgau Oberfranken 16.09.07 (03).jpg
German place.image_caption: Truppach Castle
German place.image_plan: Mistelgau in BT.svg
German place.state: Bayern
German place.region: Oberfranken
German place.district: Bayreuth
German place.Verwaltungsgemeinschaft: Mistelgau
German place.elevation: 435
German place.area: 42.52
German place.postal_code: 95490
German place.area_code: 09279

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Mistelgau is a municipality in the district of Bayreuth in Bavaria in Germany. The eponymous village is the seat of both the municipality as well as the municipality association Mistelgau.

== Name == The name "Mistelgau" is a compound of "Mistel" (German for mistletoe) and "Gau" (here: shire), possibly referring to the abundance of mistletoes in a nearby oak forest, which was cut down in 1780.