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Bischofsgrün Latitude and Longitude:
50°3′9.36″N 11°47′45.53″E / 50.0526000°N 11.7959806°E / 50.0526000; 11.7959806
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Bischofsgrün
Municipality
Bischofsgrün seen from Ochsenkopf
Bischofsgrün seen from Ochsenkopf
Coat of arms of Bischofsgrün
Coat of arms
Location of Bischofsgrün within Bayreuth district
Nürnberger Land Bayreuth Bayreuth Hof (district) Wunsiedel (district) Kulmbach (district) Lichtenfels (district) Bamberg (district) Forchheim (district) Tirschenreuth (district) Neustadt an der Waldnaab (district) Amberg-Sulzbach Prüll Warmensteinacher Forst-Nord Waidacher Forst Waidacher Forst Veldenstein Forest Neubauer Forst-Nord Waischenfeld Bayreuth Heinersreuther Forst Glashüttener Forst Forst Neustädtlein am Forst Gemeindefreies Gebiet Fichtelberg Emtmannsberg Haag Seybothenreuth Creußen Warmensteinach Weidenberg Schnabelwaid Prebitz Plech Mistelgau Mistelbach Hummeltal Heinersreuth Goldkronach Glashütten Gesees Gefrees Eckersdorf Bischofsgrün Bischofsgrün Bindlach Betzenstein Bad Berneck im Fichtelgebirge Speichersdorf Kirchenpingarten Waischenfeld Plankenfels Pegnitz Mehlmeisel Hollfeld Fichtelberg Aufseß Ahorntal Bischofsgrüner Forst Pottenstein
Bischofsgrün is located in Germany
Bischofsgrün
Bischofsgrün
Bischofsgrün is located in Bavaria
Bischofsgrün
Bischofsgrün
Coordinates: 50°3′9.36″N 11°47′45.53″E / 50.0526000°N 11.7959806°E / 50.0526000; 11.7959806
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Oberfranken
District Bayreuth
Government
 •  Mayor (2020–26) Michael Schreier [1] ( SPD)
Area
 • Total8.39 km2 (3.24 sq mi)
Elevation
676 m (2,218 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31) [2]
 • Total1,909
 • Density230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 ( CET)
 • Summer ( DST) UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
Postal codes
95493
Dialling codes09276
Vehicle registrationBT
Website www.bischofsgruen.de

Bischofsgrün is a municipality in the district of Bayreuth in Bavaria in Germany.

Bischofsgrün is situated in the Fichtel Mountains between the range's two largest mountains; Schneeberg (1051 m) and the Ochsenkopf (1024 m). The Ochsenkopf North Chairlift starts in Bischofsgrün and is one of two chair lifts that climb to the summit of the Ochsenkopf, making the town an ideal location for outdoor recreation year round. During the winter months tourists flock to the area for alpine skiing, cross country skiing, and sledding. During the summer, mountain biking and hiking are popular.

Bischofsgrün is supposedly the town where the art of glassblowing became a true industry.[ citation needed] Glassblowing is no longer a necessity, but Bischofsgrün has become something of a tourist attraction, not for its growth but for its lack of it. While it does have some bucolic resorts set into foothills, it also still has a few farms, at least one microbrewery, and some impressive stone churches.

Bischofsgrün is located on White Main and is the starting point of the White Main branch of the Main-Radweg bicycle path which stretches about 600 km along the Main river until the mouth into the Rhine.

Notable people

Partner towns

References

  1. ^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) ( Hilfe dazu).
  3. ^ Partnerství obcí Bischofsgrün a Krásno


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