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).

Sights

• New Castle, seat of the margraves from 1753 on
• Bayreuth Festspielhaus, see above
• Margrave's Opera House, one of the finest Baroque theatres of Europe, built in the 18th century
• The German Masonic Museum
• The Goldener Anker hotel
• baroque parks
• park of Eremitage and Old Castle, former seat of the margraves, outside the inner town
• castle and park of Fantaisie, in the vicinity of Bayreuth
• park Sanspareil, about 30 km west of Bayreuth