Schnaittenbach is a town in the

Amberg-Sulzbach Amberg-Sulzbach () 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 an der Waldnaab, Schwandorf, Neumarkt, Nü ...

district, in

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. It is situated 16 km northeast of

Amberg Amberg () is a Town#Germany, town in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the Upper Palatinate about halfway between Regensburg and Bayreuth. History The town was first mentioned in 1034 with the name Ammenberg. It became an important trading c ...

Geography

Apart from the town Schnaittenbach the municipality consists of the following villages: *Demenricht *Döswitz *Forst *Götzendorf *Haidhof *Haidmühle *Holzhammer *Kemnath a.Buchberg *Mertenberg *Neuersdorf *Seblasmühle *Sitzambuch *Tradlmühle *Trichenricht *Ziegelhütte

Twin towns – sister cities

Schnaittenbach is member of the so called "Kaolinstädtepartnerschaft". It connects cities, which are connected to the mineral Kaolin. The partnership was established in November 2004. Aside Schnaittenbach the members of this partnership are the bavarian cities

Tirschenreuth Tirschenreuth (; Northern Bavarian: ''Dirschnrad'', ''Diascharad'') is the capital city of the district of Tirschenreuth (district), Tirschenreuth. It is located in the northeast of Bavaria, very close to the Czech-Bavarian border. Geography Tirs ...

und

Hirschau Hirschau () is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the Amberg-Sulzbach district, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany. Geography Hirschau lies directly on the Bundesstraße 14 (Nuremberg - Rozvadov), 13 km northeast of Amberg and ab ...

, from

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, Sornzig-Ablaß and the city Mügeln, Nová Role from

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and Nowogrodziec from

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. Beside the Kaolinstädtepartnerschaft Schnaittenbach is twinned with Buchberg, Switzerland.

Notable people

References

Populated places in Amberg-Sulzbach {{AmbergSulzbach-geo-stub