Dachsbach

Dachsbach
Tower of the former Dachsbach Castle
Location of Dachsbach within Neustadt a.d.Aisch-Bad Windsheim district
Dachsbach
Dachsbach
Coordinates: 49°38′N 10°42′E / 49.633°N 10.700°E / 49.633; 10.700
CountryGermany
StateBavaria
Admin. regionMittelfranken
DistrictNeustadt a.d.Aisch-Bad Windsheim
Municipal assoc.Uehlfeld
Subdivisions5 Ortsteile
Government
 • Mayor (2020–26) Peter Kaltenhäuser[1]
Area
 • Total20.58 km2 (7.95 sq mi)
Elevation
280 m (920 ft)
Population
 (2024-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,815
 • Density88/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
91462
Dialling codes09163
Vehicle registrationNEA
Websitewww.dachsbach.de

Dachsbach is a market town and municipality in Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim, in Middle Franconia in northern Bavaria in Germany.

Geography

Dachsbach is in the valley of the Aisch. The borough Rauschenberg is on the southern hills of the Steigerwald. The neighbouring municipalities are (from the north in clockwise direction): Uehlfeld, Weisendorf, Gerhardshofen and Gutenstetten. The municipality has five boroughs: Arnshöchstädt, Traishöchstädt, Göttelbrunn, Oberhöchstädt and Rauschenberg with Ziegelhütte.

Literature

  • In Goethe „Götz von Berlichingen" in the first act Götz calls „Geh auf den Weg nach Dachsbach!“ (i.e. „Move on the way to Dachsbach!“), which is about on the way from Jagsthausen to Bamberg.

References

  1. Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
  2. "Gemeinden, Kreise und Regierungsbezirke in Bayern, Einwohnerzahlen am 31. Dezember 2024; Basis Zensus 2022" [Municipalities, counties, and administrative districts in Bavaria; Based on the 2022 Census] (CSV) (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik.