title: Pegnitz (town)
text: # Pegnitz (town)
  
  Pegnitz (German: (listen)) is a town in the Bayreuth district in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, with a population of approximately 15,000 inhabitants. It is also the source of the river 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 Kosbrunn Kotzenhammer Langenreuth Leups | Lobensteig Lüglas Nemschenreuth Neudorf Neuhof Penzenreuth Pertenhof Reisach Stein | Stemmenreuth Trockau Troschenreuth Vestenmühle Weidelwangermühle Weidmannshöhe Willenberg Willenreuth Zips |
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  Annual events are the Christmas market, the Open-Air Rock Festival Waldstock, and above all, the seasonal strong-beer festival called Flinderer.
  
  