Freystadt Knowpia

Freystadt
Freystadt
Town
	Church of Our Lady of Help
	Coat of arms
	Location of Freystadt within Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz district
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	Coordinates: 49°12′N 11°19′E / 49.200°N 11.317°E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberpfalz
District	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz
Subdivisions	15 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Alexander Dorr (CSU)
Area
• Total	80.53 km2 (31.09 sq mi)
Elevation	410 m (1,350 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	9,265
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	92342
Dialling codes	09179
Vehicle registration	NM
Website	freystadt.de

Freystadt (German pronunciation: [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌʃtat] ^ⓘ; Northern Bavarian: Freystod) is a town in the district of Neumarkt in Bavaria. It is situated near the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, 14 km southwest of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, and 33 km southeast of Nuremberg.

"Freystadt" is also the German names for Kisielice and Kożuchów, Poland.

Sons and daughters of the city edit

Ernst Schweninger 1892

Jean Paul Egide Martini (1741-1816), German-French composer
Ernst Schweninger (1850-1924), German physician and medical historian, physician of Otto von Bismarck.
Hanna Ludwig (1918–2014), contralto and mezzo-soprano, and academic voice teacher

^ 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).