Forchheim

Forchheim is a Landkreis in , . It is bounded by the districts of , , and .
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  • Type: Locality with 117,000 residents
  • Description: district in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
  • Also known as: “DE248”, “Forchheim (Oberfranken, Kreis)”, and “Forchheim District”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Hagenbach castle and Schloss.

Castle
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Castle
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is a castle.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leutenbach and Weilersbach.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in in .

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in in .

Town
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is a town in the district of Forchheim, in , . is situated 5 km north of Forchheim.

Forchheim

Latitude
49.7383° or 49° 44′ 18″ north
Longitude
11.1711° or 11° 10′ 16″ east
Population
117,000
Elevation
377 metres (1,237 feet)
Open location code
8FXHP5QC+8C
Geo­Names ID
3220848
Wiki­data ID
Q10445
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Forchheim” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منطقة فورشهايم”
  • Aragonese: “Districto de Forchheim”
  • Armenian: “Ֆորխհայմ”
  • Bavarian: “Landkroas Forchheim”
  • Belarusian: “Форхгайм”
  • Catalan: “districte de Forchheim”
  • Cebuano: “Landkreis Forchheim”
  • Chinese: “福希海姆县”
  • Czech: “Zemský okres Forchheim”
  • Danish: “Landkreis Forchheim”
  • Dutch: “Forchheim”
  • Dutch: “Landkreis Forchheim”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Forchheim”
  • Finnish: “Forchheimin piirikunta”
  • French: “arrondissement de Forchheim”
  • French: “Arrondissement de Forchheim”
  • Georgian: “ფორხჰაიმის რაიონი”
  • German: “Landkreis Forchheim”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז פורכהיים”
  • Hungarian: “Forchheim járás”
  • Hungarian: “Forchheimi járás”
  • Indonesian: “Forchheim”
  • Interlingue: “Subdistrict Forchheim”
  • Italian: “circondario di Forchheim”
  • Italian: “Circondario di Forchheim”
  • Japanese: “フォルヒハイム郡”
  • Kazakh: “Форххайм”
  • Korean: “포르히하임군”
  • Kurdish: “Forchheim”
  • Ladin: “Landkreis Forchheim”
  • Lombard: “Forchheim”
  • Macedonian: “Форххајм”
  • Malay: “Forchheim”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Forchheim Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Forchheim (Lönjkris)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Forchheim”
  • Persian: “فورشایم (ناحیه)”
  • Persian: “فورش‌هایم”
  • Polish: “Powiat Forchheim”
  • Portuguese: “Forchheim”
  • Romanian: “Districtul Forchheim”
  • Romanian: “Forchheim”
  • Russian: “Форххайм”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Forchheim”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Forchheim”
  • Spanish: “Forchheim”
  • Swedish: “Landkreis Forchheim”
  • Turkish: “Forchheim”
  • Turkish: “Landkreis Forchheim”
  • Ukrainian: “Форхгайм”
  • Urdu: “فورشایم (ضلع)”
  • Urdu: “فورشایم”
  • Uzbek: “Forchheim”
  • Vietnamese: “Forchheim”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Forchheim”
  • Western Frisian: “Forchheim”
  • Western Panjabi: “فورشائم”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Kolmreuth and Kirchehrenbach.

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Highlights: Kuppelholz and Reisberg.

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