Wunsiedel
Wunsiedel | |
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View on the town | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Wunsiedel within Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge district | |
Wunsiedel Wunsiedel | |
| Coordinates: 50°1′N 12°1′E / 50.017°N 12.017°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Upper Franconia |
| District | Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–26) | Nicolas Lahovnik[1] (CSU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 54.91 km2 (21.20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 525 m (1,722 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 8,970 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 95632 |
| Dialling codes | 09232 |
| Vehicle registration | WUN |
| Website | wunsiedel |
Wunsiedel (German pronunciation: [ˈvʊnˌziːdl̩] (listen)) is the seat of the Upper Franconian district of Wunsiedel in northeast Bavaria, Germany.
Geography
Wunsiedel is in the Fichtelgebirge Mountains in the valley of the Röslau at the foot of the Kösseine Plateau.
Incorporated villages
The town's borough has the following villages (year of incorporation in brackets):
Bernstein (1978), Breitenbrunn, Furthammer, Göpfersgrün, Göringsreuth, Hauenreuth, Hildenbach (1978), Hildenmühle, Holenbrunn (1978), Johanneszeche, Juliushammer, Klause, Kösseinehaus, Krohenhammer, Luisenburg, Schneckenhammer, Schneckenmühle, Schönbrunn (1975), Sinatengrün, Stemmasgrün, Stollenmühle, Valetsberg, Walkmühle, Wiesenmühle, Wintersberg, Wintersreuth.
Twin towns and cities
Wunsiedel is twinned with:
- Torbalı, Turkey, since 1980
- Mende, France, since 1980
- Schwarzenberg, Germany, since 1990
- Volterra, Italy, since 2006
- Ostrov, Czech Republic, since 2009
References
- ↑ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
- ↑ "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.
Sources
- Die Kunstdenkmäler von Oberfranken, Bd. 1: Landkreis Wunsiedel und Stadtkreis Marktredwitz. 1954. ISBN 978-3-486-41941-2
Other websites
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wunsiedel.
Wikisource has original writing related to this article:
- Town of Wunsiedel (in German)
- District of Wunsiedel (in German)
- Information at Bayern-Fichtelgebirge (in German)
- "Wunsiedel: History of the coat-of-arms" (in German). Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte.