Pleinfeld

Pleinfeld
Pleinfeld
Municipality
	Pleinfeld town hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Pleinfeld within Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district
	Pleinfeld Pleinfeld
	Coordinates: 49°6′N 10°58′E / 49.100°N 10.967°E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Mittelfranken
District	Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen
Government
• Mayor (2019–25)	Stefan Frühwald (CSU)
Area
• Total	72.22 km2 (27.88 sq mi)
Elevation	382 m (1,253 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	7,784
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	91785
Dialling codes	09144
Vehicle registration	WUG
Website	www.pleinfeld.de

Pleinfeld is a Franconian municipality and market town in Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen in Bavaria. It is in the Metropolitan Area of Nuremberg and in the Franconian Lake District.

Geography

Pleinfeld is in central Bavaria, in the south of the administrative region Middle Franconia. The municipal area borders on the neighbouring Bavarian district Roth. Neighbouring townships are Pfofeld, Ellingen, Ettenstatt, Höttingen, Absberg, Spalt, Heideck and Röttenbach. The landscape is hilly and forested.

Pleinfeld is on the rivers Swabian Rezat and Arbach, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of Weißenburg in Bayern, and 45 kilometres (28 mi) south of Nuremberg. Other rivers in the municipality area are Brombach river and Banzerbach river, both tributary of the Swabian Rezat. The town's altitude is about 382 metres (1,253 feet) above sea level. The highest point of the municipality is near Dorsbrunn, 505 m (1,657 ft) asl. Pleinfeld is the biggest town near the Großer Brombachsee, a lake in the Franconian Lake District. Pleinfeld is also next to the most northern part of the Altmühl Valley Nature Park.

Administrative subdivisions

Pleinfeld has 35 subdivisions:^[3]

Twin towns and cities

Pleinfeld is twinned with:

- Killarney Ireland

Local Dialect

The local dialect of the region is East Franconian German, referred to in German as Fränkisch, with Pleinfeld being at the southern point of its extension. Traveling south, people speak Bavarian German and Alemannic German dialects.