Auerbach in der Oberpfalz (, ) is a town in the Amberg-Sulzbach district, Bavaria, Germany. In the subdivision Michelfeld there was a Benedictine monastery which is now a nursing home.
Geography It is located 45 km northeast of Nuremberg. Apart from the town Auerbach the municipality consists of the following villages:
Bernreuth Degelsdorf Dornbach Espamühle Gunzendorf Hagenohe Hammerberg Hämmerlmühle Lehnershof Leiten Ligenz Michelfeld Mühldorf Nasnitz Neumühle Niedernhof Nitzlbuch Ohrenbach Ortlesbrunn Pferrach Ranna Ranzenthal Rauhenstein Reichenbach Rosenhof Rußhütte Saaß Sackdilling Sägmühle Sand Speckmühle Staubershammer Steinamwasser Weidlwang Welluck Zogenreuth
Mayor Since May 2008 Joachim Neuß is the mayor. Helmut Ott was the mayor 1996–2008.
Town twinnings
Laneuveville-devant-Nancy, Lorraine, France
Notable citizens
Johann Baptist Metz (1928-2019), Catholic theologian Heinrich Stromer (1476-1542), professor at the Leipzig university, physician and founder of Auerbach's Cellar. Johann Michael Doser (1678–1756) artist, mainly in the fields of wood carvings und sculptures for altars Maurus von Schenkl (1749-1816), Benedictine theologian, librarian and canonist,
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