Dietfurt Knowpia

Dietfurt a.d. Altmühl
Dietfurt a.d. Altmühl
Town
	Town hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Dietfurt a.d. Altmühl within Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz district
	Dietfurt a.d. Altmühl Dietfurt a.d. Altmühl
	Coordinates: 49°2′N 11°35′E / 49.033°N 11.583°E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberpfalz
District	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Bernd Mayr
Area
• Total	78.84 km2 (30.44 sq mi)
Elevation	365 m (1,198 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	6,208
• Density	79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	92345
Dialling codes	08464
Vehicle registration	NM
Website	www.dietfurt.de

Dietfurt is a town in the district of Neumarkt in Bavaria, Germany. The town is situated on the river Altmühl, and is 38 km west of Regensburg, 30 km north of Ingolstadt, and is located 364 meters above sea level.

Overview edit

Dietfurt is known as the "Bavarian China" (German: Bayerisch China,^[3] simplified Chinese: 巴伐利亚的中国; traditional Chinese: 巴伐利亞的中國; pinyin: Bāfálìyà de Zhōngguó),^[4] Chinese culture is the theme adopted for Carnival in Dietfurt, and the city promotes other Chinese cultural activities such as courses in Qigong.

Mayor edit

The mayor of Dietfurt is Bernd Mayr, elected in March 2020.^[1]

Notable people edit

Michael Wittmann

Argula von Grumbach, (1492-1568) Protestant publicist and reformer, lived and worked in Dietfurt from 1516 onwards
Michael Wittmann (1914-1944), German Panzer commander and panzer ace of the Waffen-SS, born in Vogelthal district

References edit

^ ^a ^b Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) (Hilfe dazu).
^ "Dietfurt Chinesenfasching".
^ 程裕祯 (2010). 中国文化要略. Beijing: 外语教学与研究出版社. pp. 4. ISBN 978-7-5600-1407-4.