Kreisfreie Stadt Bayreuth

The festival city of Bayreuth in Upper Franconia is relatively quiet most of the year until the Richard Wagner Festival settles in for 30 days every summer.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Margravial Opera House and Bayreuth Festival Theatre.

Margravial Opera House

Theater building

Photo: Chianti, FAL.

The Margravial Opera House is a Baroque opera house in the town of Bayreuth, Germany. Built between 1745 and 1750, it is one of Europe's few surviving theatres of the period and has been extensively restored.

Bayreuth Festival Theatre

Theater building

Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Bayreuth Festspielhaus or Bayreuth Festival Theatre is an opera house north of Bayreuth, Germany, built by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner and dedicated solely to the performance of his stage works.

Iwalewahaus

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

Iwalewahaus, University of Bayreuth, is a place for the production and presentation of contemporary art. By doing exhibitions, academic research and teaching, by taking care of the collection and the archive as well as providing residencies for artists, recent developments in contemporary African and Diaspora culture are presented and refined together with artists and institutions.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bindlach and Heinersreuth.

Bindlach

Village

Photo: Maurice Meeden, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bindlach is a municipality in the district of Bayreuth in Upper Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. The town is adjacent immediately north of the town of Bayreuth. The population count of December 2006 was 7197 inhabitants. Bindlach is situated 5 km north of Kreisfreie Stadt Bayreuth.

Heinersreuth

Village

Photo: Benreis, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Heinersreuth is a municipality in the district of Bayreuth in Bavaria in Germany. Heinersreuth is situated 6 km northwest of Kreisfreie Stadt Bayreuth.

Kreisfreie Stadt Bayreuth

Type: Locality with 72,900 residents
Also known as: “Bayreuth”
Location: Upper Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

49.9367° or 49° 56′ 12″ north

Longitude

11.5956° or 11° 35′ 44″ east

Population

72,900

Elevation

354 metres (1,161 feet)

Open location code

8FXHWHPW+M6

GeoNames ID

3220845

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