:''"Freystadt" is also the German names for
Kisielice and
Kożuchów, Poland.''
Freystadt (;
Northern Bavarian: ''Freystod'') is a
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
in the
district of Neumarkt in
Bavaria
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. It is situated near the
Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, 14 km southwest of
Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz
Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz (, ; ) is the capital of the Neumarkt (district), Neumarkt district in the administrative region of the Upper Palatinate, in Bavaria, Germany. With a population of about 40,000, Neumarkt is the seat of various projects, ...
, and 33 km southeast of
Nuremberg
Nuremberg (, ; ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the Franconia#Towns and cities, largest city in Franconia, the List of cities in Bavaria by population, second-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Bav ...
.
Sons and daughters of the city
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Jean Paul Egide Martini (1741-1816), German-French
composer
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Etymology and def ...
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Ernst Schweninger (1850-1924), German physician and medical historian, physician of Otto von Bismarck.
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Hanna Ludwig (1918–2014), contralto and mezzo-soprano, and academic voice teacher
References
Neumarkt (district)
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