Weiherhammer

Weiherhammer is a municipality in the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab in Bavaria, Germany.

Key facts

German location.image_coa: Wappen Weiherhammer.svg
German location.image_plan: Weiherhammer in NEW.svg
German location.state: Bayern
German location.region: Oberpfalz
German location.district: Neustadt a.d.Waldnaab
German location.Verwaltungsgemeinschaft: Weiherhammer
German location.elevation: 394
German location.area: 39.89
German location.postal_code: 92729
German location.area_code: 09605
German location.licence: NEW
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 09 3 74 166

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Weiherhammer is a municipality in the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab in Bavaria, Germany.

==History== Weiherhammer, originally Beckendorf, belonged to the Wittelsbach duchy Neuburg-Sulzbach. Since 1777 it was the a part of the Bavaria electorate. In 1934 Beckendorf was renamed Weiherhammer and received communal autonomy in 1952. In 1972 Dürnast and Trippach were incorporated into Weiherhammer.