Hirschau

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Hirschau

Hirschau
Coat of arms of Hirschau
Hirschau is located in Germany
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Hirschau
Coordinates 49°32′N 11°57′E / 49.53333°N 11.95°E / 49.53333; 11.95
Administration
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Upper Palatinate
District Amberg-Sulzbach
Mayor Hans Drexler (CSU)
Basic statistics
Area 74.90 km2 (28.92 sq mi)
Elevation 411 m  (1348 ft)
Population 5,940 (31 December 2010)
 - Density 79 /km2 (205 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate AS
Postal code 92242
Area code 09622
Website hirschau.de

Hirschau is a municipality in the Upper Palatinate (Oberpfalz) district of Bavaria and in the county of Amberg-Sulzbach.

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Geography

Location

Hirschau lies directly on the German Federal Highway 14 (Nuremberg - Prague) and ca. 20 km east of the Autobahn 6 (Amberg - Heilbronn),and ca. 15 km west of the Autobahn 93 (Regensburg - Hof). The municipality is about 70 km east of Nuremberg.

Suburbs of Hirschau

  • Burgstall
  • Dienhof
  • Ehenfeld
  • Krickelsdorf
  • Kricklhof
  • Krondorf
  • Massenricht
  • Obersteinbach
  • Steiningloh
  • Untersteinbach
  • Weiher

Culture & Miscellaneous Interests

Mining has been common since 1901 and the quartz sand and Kaolin is also used for the production of porcelain and paper.

Interesting is the Monte Kaolino, a 120 meter high mound made from 32,000,000 tons of quartz sand from excess sand in years of operation. It is now used as a (sand) skiing/camping resort during the summer months. It is also the place where the yearly Sandboarding Championships are held.

  1. ^ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes" (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung. 31 December 2010. https://www.statistikdaten.bayern.de/genesis/online?language=de&sequenz=tabelleErgebnis&selectionname=12411-009r&sachmerkmal=QUASTI&sachschluessel=SQUART04&startjahr=2010&endjahr=2010. 
Towns and municipalities in Amberg-Sulzbach
Ammerthal | Auerbach in der Oberpfalz | Birgland | Ebermannsdorf | Edelsfeld | Ensdorf | Etzelwang | Freihung | Freudenberg | Gebenbach | Hahnbach | Hirschau | Hirschbach | Hohenburg | Illschwang | Kastl | Königstein | Kümmersbruck | Neukirchen bei Sulzbach-Rosenberg | Poppenricht | Rieden | Schmidmühlen | Schnaittenbach | Sulzbach-Rosenberg | Ursensollen | Vilseck | Weigendorf 
Coat of Arms of Amberg-Sulzbach district


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