Waidhaus
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Waidhaus is a municipality in the district of Neustadt
Neustadt (Waldnaab) (district)
Neustadt is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Schwandorf, Amberg-Sulzbach, Bayreuth and Tirschenreuth, and by the Czech Republic...

 in Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

 in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It lies near the border with Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

, and near the major border crossing between Bavaria and Czech Republic, where Bavaria A6
Bundesautobahn 6
, also known as Via Carolina is a 477 km long German autobahn. It starts at the French border near Saarbrücken in the west and end at the Czech border near Waidhaus in the east....

 meets the Czech D5 motorway. The closest towns are on the German side Pleystein
Pleystein
Pleystein is a municipality in the district of Neustadt , in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 18 km east of Weiden in der Oberpfalz, and 11 km west of Rozvadov....

 and on the Czech side Rozvadov
Rozvadov
Rozvadov is a village and municipality in Tachov District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic, on the border with Germany.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 821 ....

.
Also a gas pipeline and a powerline crosses there the border between Bavaria and Czech.

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