Pleinfeld
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| Pleinfeld town hall Pleinfeld town hall | |
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Coat of arms of Pleinfeld Coat of arms | |
Location of Pleinfeld within Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district | |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Mittelfranken |
| District | Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–25) | Stefan Frühwald[1] (CSU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 72.22 km2 (27.88 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 382 m (1,253 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 7,784 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 91785 |
| Dialling codes | 09144 |
| Vehicle registration | WUG |
| Website | www.pleinfeld.de |
Pleinfeld is a Franconian municipality and market town in Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen in Bavaria. It is in the Metropolitan Area of Nuremberg and in the Franconian Lake District.
Geography[change]
Pleinfeld is in central Bavaria, in the south of the administrative region Middle Franconia. 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.
Pleinfeld is on the rivers Swabian Rezat and Arbach, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of Weißenburg in Bayern, and 45 kilometres (28 mi) south of Nuremberg. Other rivers in the municipality area are Brombach river and Banzerbach river, both tributary of the Swabian Rezat. The town's altitude is about 382 metres (1,253 feet) above sea level. The highest point of the municipality is near Dorsbrunn, 505 m (1,657 ft) asl. Pleinfeld is the biggest town near the Großer Brombachsee, a lake in the Franconian Lake District. Pleinfeld is also next to the most northern part of the Altmühl Valley Nature Park.
Administrative subdivisions[change]
Pleinfeld has 35 subdivisions:[3]
- Allmannsdorf
- Banzermühle
- Birklein
- Böschleinsmühle
- Dorsbrunn
- Engelreuth
- Erlingsdorf
- Gündersbach
- Heinzenmühle
- Hohenweiler
- Kemnathen
- Ketschenmühle
- Kleinweingarten
- Langweidmühle
- Mackenmühle
- Mandlesmühle
- Mannholz
- Mäusleinsmühle
- Mischelbach
- Pleinfeld
- Prexelmühle
- Ramsberg am Brombachsee
- Regelsberg
- Reichertsmühle
- Roxfeld
- Sankt Veit
- Schloss Sandsee
- Seemannsmühle
- Stirn
- Utzenmühle
- Veitserlbach
- Walkerszell
- Walting
- Wurmmühle
Twin towns and cities[change]
Pleinfeld is twinned with:
- Republic of Ireland - Killarney Ireland
Local Dialect[change]
The local dialect of the region is East Franconian German, referred to in German as Fränkisch, with Pleinfeld being at the southern point of its extension. Traveling south, people speak Bavarian German and Alemannic German dialects.
Photogallery[change]
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Lake
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Sandsee Castle
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Former train, now a playground
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Museum in Pleinfeld town center
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Church St. Nicholas
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Gate "Spalter Tor"
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historic city wall
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market square
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Saint Nepomuk Bridge
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timber-framed house "Zur Krone"
References[change]
- ↑ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, accessed 19 July 2021.
- ↑ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) .
- ↑ Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online
Other websites[change]
- File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 47: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
