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Pegnitz is a town in the Bayreuth district in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, with a population of approximately 15,000 inhabitants. It is also the source of the river Pegnitz. The city Bayreuth is about 27 km to the north. The villages in Pegnitz are: Bodendorf Bronn Buchau Büchenbach Hainbronn Hammerbühl Hedelmühle Heroldsreuth Herrenmühle Horlach Hufeisen Kaltenthal Kleinkrausmühle Körbeldorf Kosbrunn Kotzenhammer Langenreuth Leups Lobensteig Lüglas Nemschenreuth Neudorf Neuhof Penzenreuth Pertenhof Reisach Stein Stemmenreuth Trockau Troschenreuth Vestenmühle Weidelwangermühle Weidmannshöhe Willenberg Willenreuth Zips


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1 - Trockau

Trockau is a village in the district of Bayreuth, in Bavaria, Germany, with about 550 inhabitants.

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2 - Schloßberg

   7 km away
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3 - Bayreuth

   18 km away

Bayreuth is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and the Fichtelgebirge Mountains. The town's roots date back to 1194. In the 21st century, it is the capital of Upper Franconia and has a population of 72,148.

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4 - Ehrenbürg

   29 km away

The Ehrenbürg is a double-peaked butte on the edge of the Franconian Jura in Bavaria, Germany. It is in the district of Forchheim in Upper Franconia, in the municipalities of Kirchehrenbach, Leutenbach and Wiesenthau.

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5 - Ochsenkopf

   32 km away

The Ochsenkopf is the second-highest mountain in the Fichtel Mountains with a height of 1,024 metres. On its summit is an observation tower and a transmission tower for VHF and TV programmes by Bayerischer Rundfunk.

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6 - Plassenburg

   32 km away

Plassenburg is a castle in the city of Kulmbach in Bavaria. It is one of the most impressive castles in Germany and a symbol of the city. It was first mentioned in 1135. The Plassenberg family were ministerial of the counts of Andechs and used as their seat the Plassenburg. The House of Guttenberg, a prominent Franconian noble family, traces its origins back to 1149 with a Gundeloh v. Blassenberg. The name Guttenberg is derived from Guttenberg and was adopted by a Heinrich von Blassenberg around 1310. From 1340, the Hohenzollerns governed from Plassenburg castle their territories in Franconia till 1604. The Plassenburg was fortress and residence for the Hohenzollerns. It was destroyed in 1554 at the end of the second Margravian war of margrave Albert Alcibiades. The Plassenburg was later rebuilt by the architect Caspar Vischer as an impressive stronghold and as a huge palace. In 1792, Margrave Alexander sold the Plassenburg to his cousin, the King of Prussia.

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7 - Marloffstein

   38 km away

Marloffstein is a town in the district of Erlangen-Höchstadt, in Bavaria, Germany.

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8 - Erlangen

   43 km away

Erlangen is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the administrative district Erlangen-Höchstadt, and with 116,062 inhabitants, it is the smallest of the eight major cities in Bavaria.

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9 - Nuremberg Zoo

   49 km away

Nuremberg Zoo is a zoo located in the Nuremberg Reichswald, southeast of Nuremberg, Germany. With an area of 67 hectares, approximately 300 animal species are kept by the zoo.

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10 - Nürnberg

   49 km away

Nuremberg is the second-largest city of the German federal state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 511,628 inhabitants make it the 14th-largest city in Germany.

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