Wahnfried

Wahnfried was the name given by Richard Wagner to his villa in . The name is a German compound of Wahn and Fried.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: former residence of composer Richard Wagner in Bayreuth
  • Also known as: “Haus Wahnfried” and “Villa Wahnfried”
  • Address: Richard-Wagner-Straße 48, Bayreuth, 95444

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Franz Liszt Museum and Margravial Opera House.

Museum
Photo: Bayreuth2009, CC BY 3.0.

Theater building
Photo: Chianti, FAL.
The is a Baroque opera house in the town of , . Built between 1745 and 1750, it is one of Europe's few surviving theatres of the period and has been extensively restored. is situated 450 metres northwest of Wahnfried.

Museum
Photo: Mattes, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moritzhöfen and Sankt Georgen.

Suburb
Photo: Roehrensee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.

Suburb
is an 18th-century planned new town, today a district of the city of in .

Quarter
Photo: Roehrensee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a quarter.

Wahnfried

Latitude
49.94095° or 49° 56′ 27″ north
Longitude
11.58205° or 11° 34′ 55″ east
Open location code
8FXHWHRJ+9R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 35305394
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­villa
Wiki­data ID
Q686109
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Vietnamese—“Wahnfried” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Vanfrid”
  • Belarusian: “Ванфрыд”
  • Catalan: “Wahnfried”
  • Czech: “Haus Wahnfried”
  • Czech: “Wahnfried”
  • Dutch: “Haus Wahnfried”
  • Esperanto: “Vilao Wahnfried”
  • French: “Villa Wahnfried”
  • French: “Wahnfried”
  • German: “Haus Wahnfried”
  • German: “Villa Wahnfried”
  • German: “Wahnfried”
  • Hungarian: “Wahnfried”
  • Italian: “Wahnfried”
  • Japanese: “ヴァーンフリート”
  • Japanese: “ヴァーンフリート荘”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Villa Wahnfried”
  • Norwegian: “Wahnfried”
  • Ossetian: “Ванфрид”
  • Portuguese: “Wahnfried”
  • Russian: “Вахнфрид”
  • Slovenian: “Wahnfried”
  • Spanish: “Wahnfried”
  • Swedish: “Wahnfried”
  • Tatar: “Ванфрид”
  • Vietnamese: “Wahnfried”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Richard-Wagner-Park and Gärtnerhaus Richard-Wagner-Straße 48 in Bayreuth.

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