Bayreuth

Bayreuth is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Frankish Alb and the Fichtelgebirge. It is the capital of Upper Franconia. Population: 74,000 (2001).

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Bayreuth was first mentioned in 1194 and may have been founded by the counts of Andechs. Some sixty years later the town (at that time a tiny village) became subordinate to the Hohenzollern state, and when this state was divided, Bayreuth belonged to the county of Kulmbach.

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The turning point of the town's history was in 1603, when the margrave of Kulmbach (in the meantime also called Brandenburg-Kulmbach) decided to move his residence to Bayreuth. The develepmont of the new capital firstly stagnated due to the Thirty Years' War, but afterwards many famous baroque buildings were added to the town. Especially during the reign of margravine Wilhelmine several parks and castles were built which constitute much of Bayreuth's present appearance.

Bavaria: The Free State of Bavaria (German: Bayern or Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km? (27,241 square miles) and 12.4 million inhabitants, forms the southernmost of the 16 states of Germany. Its capital is Munich....

Red Main: REDIRECT Roter Main...

Frankish Alb: The Frankish Alb (German Fr?nkische Alb) is an upland in Bavaria, Germany. Located between the Danube in the south and the Main in the north, its relief reaches 600 meters in height....

Bayreuth related Images and Photos (experimental)

The Temple of the Sun at the Bayreuth Hermitage c.1780

Act Three as Performed at Bayreuth in 1938

Siegfried Wagner Son of Richard Wagner a Composer in His Own Right and Director of Bayreuth

Siegfried Wagner Son of Richard Wagner a Composer in His Own Right and Director of Bayreuth