Pegnitz is a town in the Bayreuth district in Upper Franconia

Upper Franconia

Upper Franconia is a Regierungsbezirk of the state of Bavaria, southern Germany. It forms part of the historically significant region of Franconia , all now part of the German Federal State of Bayern .With more than 200 independent breweries which brew...

, Bavaria

Bavaria

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, Germany

Germany

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, with a population of approximately 15,000 inhabitants. It is also the source of the river

River

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 Pegnitz. The city Bayreuth is about 27 km to the north.

The villages (Ortsteile) in Pegnitz are:

Bodendorf Bronn Buchau Büchenbach Hainbronn Hammerbühl Hedelmühle Heroldsreuth Herrenmühle

Horlach Hufeisen Kaltenthal Kleinkrausmühle Körbeldorf Kotzenhammer Langenreuth Leups Lobensteig

Lüglas Nemschenreuth Neudorf Neuhof Penzenreuth Pertenhof Reisach Stein Stemmenreuth

Trockau Trockau Trockau is a village in the district of Bayreuth, in Bavaria, Germany.... Troschenreuth Vestenmühle Weidelwangermühle Weidmannshöhe Willenberg Willenreuth Zips

Annual events are the Christmas market, the Open-Air Rock Festival Waldstock, and above all, the seasonal strong-beer festival called Flinderer.