Neustadt an der Waldnaab (district)

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Neustadt an der Waldnaab
District
FlagCoat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Adm. region	Upper Palatinate
Capital	Neustadt an der Waldnaab
Government
• District admin.	Andreas Meier (CSU)
Area
• Total	1,430 km2 (550 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2022)
• Total	95,954
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	NEW, ESB, VOH
Website	www.neustadt.de

Neustadt an der Waldnaab is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Schwandorf, Amberg-Sulzbach, Bayreuth and Tirschenreuth, and by the Czech Republic (Plzeň Region). The city of Weiden in der Oberpfalz is enclosed by, but does not belong to the district.

History

The district was established in 1972 by merging the former districts of Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Eschenbach and Vohenstrauß.

Geography

The district is located in the mountains of the Upper Palatine Forest (Oberpfälzer Wald). The two headstreams of the River Naab, the Waldnaab and Haidenaab, both run through the district to merge in the south of the area.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:

• the heraldic lion of the Palatinate
• three stars from the arms of the county of Störnstein
• blue and white bars from the arms of the county of Leuchtenberg

Towns and municipalities

Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district

Towns	Municipalities
Eschenbach in der Oberpfalz Grafenwöhr Neustadt am Kulm Neustadt an der Waldnaab Pleystein Pressath Vohenstrauß Windischeschenbach	Altenstadt an der Waldnaab Bechtsrieth Eslarn Etzenricht Floß Flossenbürg Georgenberg Irchenrieth Kirchendemenreuth Kirchenthumbach Kohlberg Leuchtenberg Luhe-Wildenau Mantel Moosbach	Parkstein Pirk Püchersreuth Schirmitz Schlammersdorf Schwarzenbach Speinshart Störnstein Tännesberg Theisseil Trabitz Vorbach Waidhaus Waldthurn Weiherhammer

References

1. ^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) (Hilfe dazu).

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Landkreis Neustadt an der Waldnaab.

• Official website (in German)

v t e Urban and rural districts in the Free State of Bavaria in Germany
Urban districts	Amberg Ansbach Aschaffenburg Augsburg Bamberg Bayreuth Coburg Erlangen Fürth Hof Ingolstadt Kaufbeuren Kempten Landshut Memmingen München (Munich) Nürnberg (Nuremberg) Passau Regensburg Rosenheim Schwabach Schweinfurt Straubing Weiden Würzburg
Rural districts	Aichach-Friedberg Altötting Amberg-Sulzbach Ansbach Aschaffenburg Augsburg Bad Kissingen Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen Bamberg Bayreuth Berchtesgadener Land Cham Coburg Dachau Deggendorf Dillingen Dingolfing-Landau Donau-Ries Ebersberg Eichstätt Erding Erlangen-Höchstadt Forchheim Freising Freyung-Grafenau Fürstenfeldbruck Fürth Garmisch-Partenkirchen Günzburg Haßberge Hof Kelheim Kitzingen Kronach Kulmbach Landsberg Landshut Lichtenfels Lindau Main-Spessart Miesbach Miltenberg Mühldorf München (Munich) Neuburg-Schrobenhausen Neumarkt Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim Neustadt an der Waldnaab Neu-Ulm Nürnberger Land Oberallgäu Ostallgäu Passau Pfaffenhofen Regen Regensburg Rhön-Grabfeld Rosenheim Roth Rottal-Inn Schwandorf Schweinfurt Starnberg Straubing-Bogen Tirschenreuth Traunstein Unterallgäu Weilheim-Schongau Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen Wunsiedel Würzburg
Districts of German states (Full list) Baden-Württemberg Bavaria Brandenburg Bremen Hesse Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia

v t e Towns and municipalities in Neustadt an der Waldnaab (district)
Altenstadt an der Waldnaab Bechtsrieth Eschenbach in der Oberpfalz Eslarn Etzenricht Floß Flossenbürg Georgenberg Grafenwöhr Irchenrieth Kirchendemenreuth Kirchenthumbach Kohlberg Leuchtenberg Luhe-Wildenau Mantel Moosbach Neustadt am Kulm Neustadt an der Waldnaab Parkstein Pirk Pleystein Pressath Püchersreuth Schirmitz Schlammersdorf Schwarzenbach Speinshart Störnstein Tännesberg Theisseil Trabitz Vohenstrauß Vorbach Waidhaus Waldthurn Weiherhammer Windischeschenbach		Coat of Arms of Neustadt (Waldnaab) district

49°40′N 12°00′E / 49.67°N 12.0°E / 49.67; 12.0

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