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Bayreuth
Town square
Town square
Coat of arms of Bayreuth
Coat of arms
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Oberfranken
District Urban district
Elevation
340 m (1,120 ft)
Population
 (2005-12-31)
 • Total 73,794
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
95401 – 95448
Dialling codes 0921, 09201, 09209
Vehicle registration BT
Website www.bayreuth.de

Bayreuth is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of Upper Franconia. About 74,000 people live there. Bayreuth is internationally famous for the Bayreuth Festival (German: Bayreuther Festspiele), a festival for the music of Richard Wagner. Nearby bigger cities are Coburg, Bamberg, Hof and Nuremberg. Bayreuth has a university, the University of Bayreuth.

Sights

Bayreuth has a lot of sights and historical buildings which are usually visited by many tourists, especially at the time of the Bayreuth Festival. You can find sights such as the New Palace (Neues Schloss), Bayreuth Festspielhaus, Eremitage, Spitalkirche, The Old Castle, Margravial Opera House, and Wahnfried. Most of the sights have been built in the 18th century and the 19th century. The most popular sight in Bayreuth is the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, which is a major opera building located north of Bayreuth.


Images for kids

  • Bayreuth 1900

    Bayreuth around 1900

  • Bayreuth Schloss

    The Old Castle

  • Neues schloß bayreuth

    The New Castle

  • Markgräfliches Opernhaus - Bayreuth - 2013

    The Margravial Opera House (UNESCO World Heritage Site)

  • Opéra des margraves intérieur Bayreuth

    Margravial Opera House, Interior

  • Friedrichstrasse-Bayreuth

    Friedrichstraße

  • Bayreuthfest

    The Bayreuth Festspielhaus, as seen in 1882

  • Notgeldbt1920

    1920 emergency money: voucher for 25 pfennigs

  • Notgeldbayreuth

    1923 emergency money: voucher for a million marks

  • Wahnfried 2 db

    Wagner family home, Haus Wahnfried

  • Roter Main (Bayreuth)

    The Red Main in Bayreuth

  • Bayreuth Markgräfliches Opernhaus 2019-07-20

    The Margravial Opera House

  • Festspielhaus Bayreuth 2016

    The Richard Wagner Festival Hall on the Green Hill in Bayreuth

  • Spitalkirche Bayreuth

    The Spitalkirche

  • Neues Schloss in der Eremitage. Bayreuth. IMG 2276

    The "Eremitage" with its sun temple

  • ZOH Bayreuth

    The central bus station (ZOH) at the Hohenzollernplatz

  • Radio Mainwelle Bayreuth

    Radio Mainwelle

  • Bayreuths-Partnerstädte

    Bayreuth's twin towns

  • Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

    Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

  • Rudolf Wagner

    Rudolf Wagner

  • Blickbtstadtkirche

    View of Bayreuth from the Stadtkirche

  • Stadtkirche Bayreuth

    The Stadtkirche

  • Neues schloß bayreuth

    The New Palace

  • Rollwenzelei

    Rollwenzelei with Jean Paul's study (Dichterstube)

  • Mohren-Apotheke Bayreuth

    The Mohren Apothecary on the town square

See also

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