Auerbach in der Oberpfalz () is a town in the

Amberg-Sulzbach Amberg-Sulzbach ( bar, label= Northern Bavarian, Amberg-Suizboch) is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It surrounds but does not include the city of Amberg. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Neustadt ...

district, Bavaria, Germany. It is located 45 km northeast of

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

. In the subdivision Michelfeld there was a

Benedictine monastery , image = Medalla San Benito.PNG , caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal , abbreviation = OSB , formation = , motto = (English: 'Pray and Work') , foun ...

which is now a nursing home.

Subdivisions

*Degelsdorf *Gunzendorf *Michelfeld *Nasnitz *Nitzlbuch *Ranna *Ranzenthal *Zogenreuth

Mayor

Since May 2008 Joachim Neuß is the mayor. Helmut Ott was the mayor 1996–2008.

Town twinnings

Laneuveville-devant-Nancy Laneuveville-devant-Nancy (, literally ''Laneuveville before Nancy'') is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France, which includes the former commune of La Madeleine, notable for manufacturing terra sigillata Ancient ...

Lorraine Lorraine , also , , ; Lorrain: ''Louréne''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lottringe''; german: Lothringen ; lb, Loutrengen; nl, Lotharingen is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of Gr ...

, France

Notable citizens

Johann Baptist Metz Johann Baptist Metz (5 August 1928 – 2 December 2019) was a German Catholic priest and theologian. He was Ordinary Professor of Fundamental Theology at the University of Münster, and a consultant to the synod of German dioceses. He is regarded ...

(1928-2019), Catholic theologian *

Heinrich Stromer Heinrich Stromer (c. 1476 – 1542) was a physician of the German Renaissance, professor rector at the University of Leipzig and founder of Auerbachs Keller. Born in Auerbach in der Oberpfalz, he enrolled at Leipzig University in 1497, recei ...

(1476-1542), professor at the

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...

university, physician and founder of

Auerbach's Cellar Auerbachs Keller (, Auerbach's Cellar in English) is the second oldest restaurant in Leipzig, Germany. Already one of the city's most important wine bars by the 16th century, it owes its worldwide reputation to Goethe's play ''Faust'' as the firs ...

. * Johann Michael Doser (1678–1756) artist, mainly in the fields of wood carvings und sculptures for altars *

Maurus von Schenkl Maurus von Schenkl (Auerbach in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria, 4 January 1749 - Amberg, Bavaria, 14 June 1816) was a German Benedictine theologian and canonist. Life After studying the humanities at the Jesuit college in Amberg (1760–1765), he entered ...

(1749-1816), Benedictine theologian, librarian and canonist,

References

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