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Mainleus_displaced_persons_camp Latitude and Longitude:

50°06′00″N 11°22′45″E / 50.10000°N 11.37917°E / 50.10000; 11.37917
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Mainleus
Wernstein Castle
Wernstein Castle
Coat of arms of Mainleus
Location of Mainleus within Kulmbach district
Bayreuth Kronach (district) Hof (district) Bayreuth (district) Lichtenfels (district) Mainleus Wonsees Wirsberg Untersteinach Trebgast Thurnau Rugendorf Neuenmarkt Neudrossenfeld Kulmbach Ködnitz Kasendorf Himmelkron Harsdorf Guttenberg Grafengehaig Presseck Stadtsteinach Marktschorgast Marktleugast Ludwigschorgast Kupferberg Thuringia
Mainleus is located in Germany
Mainleus
Mainleus
Mainleus is located in Bavaria
Mainleus
Mainleus
Coordinates: 50°06′00″N 11°22′45″E / 50.10000°N 11.37917°E / 50.10000; 11.37917
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Oberfranken
District Kulmbach
Subdivisions42
Government
 •  Mayor (2020–26) Robert Bosch [1] ( CSU)
Area
 • Total49.41 km2 (19.08 sq mi)
Elevation
306 m (1,004 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31) [2]
 • Total6,510
 • Density130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 ( CET)
 • Summer ( DST) UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
Postal codes
95336
Dialling codes09229
Vehicle registrationKU
Website www.mainleus.de

Mainleus is a municipality in the district of Kulmbach in Bavaria in Germany, the site of a post World War II American sector displaced person camp.

Town administrative division

Mainleus is arranged in the following boroughs:

  • Heinersreuth
  • Wolpersreuth
  • Bechtelsreuth
  • Krötennest
  • Wüstenbuchau
  • Buchau
  • Wernstein
  • Willmersreuth
  • Dörfles
  • Motschenbach
  • Pöhl
  • Wüstendorf
  • Veitlahm
  • Proß
  • Eichberg
  • Fassoldshof
  • Rothwind
  • Schwarzholz
  • Danndorf
  • Schimmendorf
  • Schwarzach-Schmeilsdorf.
Church and cemetery of Veitlahm
Church of Veitlahm

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