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Solnhofen is a municipality in the district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen in the region of Middle Franconia in the '''' of Bavaria in Germany. It is in the Altmühl valley.

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German place.image_coa: DEU Solnhofen COA.svg
German place.image_plan: Solnhofen in WUG.svg
German place.image_photo: Solnhofen 01.jpg
German place.image_caption: View on Solnhofen
German place.state: Bayern
German place.region: Mittelfranken
German place.district: Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen
German place.elevation: 410
German place.area: 13.50
German place.postal_code: 91807
German place.area_code: 09145
German place.licence: WUG
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel: 09 5 77 168
German place.divisions: 3 Gemeindeteile
German place.website: www.solnhofen.de
German place.mayor: Tobias Eberle
German place.leader_term: 2020–26
German place.party: SPD

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Aktuelles - Gemeinde Solnhofen

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Population: 1741
Area: 13.56
Elevation: 408
Official website: www.solnhofen.de
Image: Solnhofen 01.jpg
Height: 408
Dialing code: 09145
Licence plate code: WUG

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Commons category: Solnhofen
postal code: 91807
hashtag: Solnhofen

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Solnhofen is a municipality in the district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen in the region of Middle Franconia in the '' of Bavaria in Germany. It is in the Altmühl valley.

The local area is famous in geology and palaeontology for Solnhofen limestone. This is a very fine-grained limestone from the Jurassic period Lagerstätte that preserves detailed fossil specimens. Alois Senefelder used specially prepared blocks of the fine Solnhofen limestone for the process of lithography which he invented in 1798. The quarrying of this lithographic limestone subsequently yielded spectacular finds, including Archaeopteryx'', commemorated in the bird's full name Archaeopteryx lithographica. All 14 known specimens have come from the Solnhofen area.