title: Auerbach in der Oberpfalz
text: # Auerbach in der Oberpfalz
  
  Auerbach in der Oberpfalz (German pronunciation: (listen)) is a town in the Amberg-Sulzbach district, Bavaria, Germany. It is located 45 km northeast of Nuremberg. In the subdivision Michelfeld there was a Benedictine monastery which is now a nursing home.
  
  ## Subdivisions
  
  * Degelsdorf
  * Gunzendorf
  * Michelfeld
  * Nasnitz
  * Nitzlbuch
  * Ranna
  * Ranzenthal
  * Zogenreuth
  
  ## Mayor
  
  Since May 2008 Joachim Neuß is the mayor. Helmut Ott was the mayor 1996–2008.
  
  ## Town twinnings
  
  * Laneuveville-devant-Nancy, Lorraine, France
  
  ## Notable citizens
  
  * Johann Baptist Metz (1928-2019), Catholic theologian
  * Heinrich Stromer (1476-1542), professor at the Leipzig university, physician and founder of Auerbach's Cellar.
  * Johann Michael Doser (1678–1756) artist, mainly in the fields of wood carvings und sculptures for altars
  * Maurus von Schenkl (1749-1816), Benedictine theologian, librarian and canonist,
  