Leuchtenberg is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab in

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, essentially a suburb of nearby Weiden in der Oberpfalz, and a larger historical region in the

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governed by the

Landgraves of Leuchtenberg The Landgraves of Leuchtenberg were a Bavarian ruling dynasty of the Middle Ages, originally based in Leuchtenberg and later in Pfreimd. Their area of influence extended far beyond the borders of their home in the Upper Palatinate: the Landgravat ...

Royal (noble) and notable (not noble) Leuchtenbergers

* Thomas Mohr, Wisconsin farmer and local official

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Neustadt an der Waldnaab (district) Bavarian Circle {{NeustadtWaldnaabdistrict-geo-stub

Royal (noble) and notable (not noble) Leuchtenbergers

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