What is Pleinfeld?
{{Infobox German location |image_coa = DEU Pleinfeld COA.svg |image_photo = Pleinfeld Rathaus.jpg |image_caption = Pleinfeld town hall |coordinates = {{coord|49|6|N|10|58|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Pleinfeld in WUG.svg |state = Bayern |region = Mittelfranken |district = Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen |elevation = 382 |area = 72.22 |postal_code = 91785 |area_code = 09144 |licence = WUG |Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 5 77 161 |website = [http://www.pleinfeld.de/ www.pleinfeld.de] |mayor = Stefan Frühwald<ref>[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], [[Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik]], accessed 19 July 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2019&ndash;25 |party = CSU }} '''Pleinfeld''' is a [[Franconia]]n [[Municipalities of Germany|municipality]] and [[market town]] in [[Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen]] in [[Bavaria]]. It is in the [[Nuremberg Metropolitan Region|Metropolitan Area]] of [[Nuremberg]] and in the [[Franconian Lake District]]. ==Geography== Pleinfeld is in central Bavaria, in the south of the [[Regierungsbezirk|administrative region]] [[Middle Franconia]]. The municipal area borders on the neighbouring Bavarian district [[Roth (district)|Roth]]. Neighbouring townships are [[Pfofeld]], [[Ellingen]], [[Ettenstatt]], [[Höttingen]], [[Absberg]], [[Spalt]], [[Heideck]] and [[Röttenbach, Roth|Röttenbach]]. The landscape is hilly and forested. Pleinfeld is on the rivers [[Swabian Rezat]] and [[Arbach (Swabian Rezat)|Arbach]], {{convert|8|km}} north of [[Weißenburg in Bayern]], and {{convert|45|km}} south of [[Nuremberg]]. Other rivers in the municipality area are [[Brombach (Swabian Rezat)|Brombach]] river and [[Banzerbach]] river, both tributary of the Swabian Rezat. The town's altitude is about {{convert|382|m|0|abbr=off}} [[Above mean sea level|above sea level]]. The highest poi