Pleinfeld

Pleinfeld () is a Franconian municipality and market town in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, in the German state of Bavaria. It is situated in the Metropolitan Area of Nuremberg and in the Franconian Lake District. Pleinfeld is a nationally recognized recreation area.

Key facts

German location.image_coa: DEU Pleinfeld COA.svg
German location.image_photo: Pleinfeld Rathaus.jpg
German location.image_caption: Pleinfeld town hall
German location.image_plan: Pleinfeld in WUG.svg
German location.state: Bayern
German location.region: Mittelfranken
German location.district: Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen
German location.elevation: 382
German location.area: 71.37
German location.postal_code: 91785
German location.area_code: 09144
German location.licence: WUG

Article

20 sections

Contents

Geography
Administrative subdivisions
History
Transportation
Religion
Politics
Culture and places of interest
Architecture
Museums
Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes
Economy
Education
Sports
International relations
Local Dialect
Media
Sons and daughters of the town
Photogallery
References
External links

==Geography== Pleinfeld is located in central Bavaria, in the south of the administrative region Mittelfranken. The municipal area borders on the neighbouring Bavarian district Roth. Neighbouring townships are Pfofeld, Ellingen, Ettenstatt, Höttingen, Absberg, Spalt, Heideck and Röttenbach. The landscape is hilly and forested.