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Pegnitz

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town in Landkreis Bayreuth in Germany

Key facts

Country
Germany
State
Bavaria
Admin region
Oberfranken
District
Bayreuth
Subdivisions
36 Ortsteile
Mayor 2020 26
Wolfgang Nierhoff
Total
99.98 km (38.60 sq mi)
Elevation
422 m (1,385 ft)
Density
136.7/km (354.0/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst
UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
Dialling codes
09241
Vehicle registration
BT, EBS, ESB, KEM, MÜB, PEG
Website
www.pegnitz.de

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
mining community
Country
Germany
Located in
Bayreuth
Population
13741
Area
99.98
Elevation
422
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Official website
www.pegnitz.de
Image
Pegnitz Marktplatz.jpg
Dialing code
09241
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Commons category
Pegnitz (Upper Franconia)
twinned administrative body
Guyancourt
postal code
91257
different from
Pegnitz
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Encyclopedic overview

Old town hall The 1923 observation tower

Pegnitz ( German: [ˈpeːɡnɪts] ) is a town in the Bayreuth district in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, with a population of approximately 15,000 inhabitants. It is also the source of the river Pegnitz. The city Bayreuth is about 27 km to the north.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pegnitz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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