Auerbach in der Oberpfalz

Auerbach in der Oberpfalz (, ) is a town in the Amberg-Sulzbach district, Bavaria, Germany. In the subdivision Michelfeld there was a Benedictine monastery which is now a nursing home.

Geography

It is located 45 km northeast of Nuremberg. Apart from the town Auerbach the municipality consists of the following villages:

• Bernreuth
• Degelsdorf
• Dornbach
• Espamühle
• Gunzendorf
• Hagenohe
• Hammerberg
• Hämmerlmühle
• Lehnershof
• Leiten
• Ligenz
• Michelfeld
• Mühldorf
• Nasnitz
• Neumühle
• Niedernhof
• Nitzlbuch
• Ohrenbach
• Ortlesbrunn
• Pferrach
• Ranna
• Ranzenthal
• Rauhenstein
• Reichenbach
• Rosenhof
• Rußhütte
• Saaß
• Sackdilling
• Sägmühle
• Sand
• Speckmühle
• Staubershammer
• Steinamwasser
• Weidlwang
• Welluck
• Zogenreuth

Mayor

Since May 2008 Joachim Neuß is the mayor. Helmut Ott was the mayor 1996–2008.

Town twinnings

• Laneuveville-devant-Nancy, Lorraine, France

Notable citizens

• Johann Baptist Metz (1928-2019), Catholic theologian
• Heinrich Stromer (1476-1542), professor at the Leipzig university, physician and founder of Auerbach's Cellar.
• (1678–1756) artist, mainly in the fields of wood carvings und sculptures for altars
• Maurus von Schenkl (1749-1816), Benedictine theologian, librarian and canonist,

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