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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Margravial Opera House and Bayreuth Festival Theatre.
Margravial Opera House
Theater building
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.
Kunstmuseum Bayreuth
Museum
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The Kunstmuseum Bayreuth is a museum for modern art, opened in 1999 in Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany. The historic rooms of the baroque former town hall present exhibitions with contemporary art and classical modern art.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heinersreuth and Bindlach.
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 4 km northwest of Bayreuth.
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 northeast of Bayreuth.
Eckersdorf
Village
Photo: AlexanderRahm, Public domain.
Eckersdorf is a municipality in the district of Bayreuth in Bavaria in Germany. Eckersdorf is situated 6 km west of Bayreuth.
Bayreuth
- Type: Locality with 72,900 residents
- Also known as: “09462000”
- Location: Bayreuth, Upper Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.9461° or 49° 56′ 46″ northLongitude
11.5762° or 11° 34′ 34″ eastPopulation
72,900Elevation
343 metres (1,125 feet)Open location code
8FXHWHWG+CFGeoNames ID
6556726
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Bayreuth” goes by many names.
- French: “Bayreuth”
- German: “Bayreuth”
- German: “Stadt Bayreuth”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Bayreuth”. Photo: Benreis, CC BY 3.0.