What is Bayreuth?
{{Infobox German Location |Art = Stadt |image_photo = Marktplatz Bayreuth.JPG |image_caption = Town square |Wappen = Wappen von Bayreuth.svg |image_flag = Flagge Bayreuth.svg |coordinates = {{coord|49|56|53|N|11|34|42|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |Lageplan = |Bundesland = Bayern |Regierungsbezirk = Upper Franconia |Landkreis = Kreisfreie Stadt |Gemeindeschlüssel = 09462000 |Höhe = 340 |Fläche = 66.92 |Einwohner = 73794 |Stand = 2005-12-31 |PLZ = 95401 – 95448 |Vorwahl = 0921, 09201, 09209 |Kfz = BT |Website = [http://www.bayreuth.de/ www.bayreuth.de] |Bürgermeister = Brigitte Merk-Erbe |Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister |Partei = |_noautocat=yes }} '''Bayreuth''' (<small>German:</small> [[Help:IPA/Standard German|[ˈbaɪ̯rɔʏ̯t]]] or [[Help:IPA/Standard German|[baɪ̯ˈrɔʏ̯t]]]; <small>Upper Franconian:</small> [[Help:IPA|[ba(ː)ˈɾaɪ̯t]]]; [[Bavarian language|Bavarian]]<small>:</small> ''Bareid''; [[East Franconian German|East Franconian]]: ''Baraid'') is a town in northern [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]. It is the [[Capital (city)|capital]] of [[Upper Franconia Government Region|Upper Franconia.]] About 74,000 people live there. Bayreuth is internationally famous for the [[Bayreuth Festival]] ({{lang-de|Bayreuther Festspiele}}), a festival for the music of [[Richard Wagner]]. Nearby bigger cities are [[Coburg]], [[Bamberg]], [[Hof]] and [[Nuremberg]]. Bayreuth has a university, the [[University of Bayreuth]]. ==Sights== Bayreuth has a lot of sights and historical buildings which are usually visited by many tourists, especially at the time of the Bayreuth Festival. You can find sights such as the New Palace (''Neues Schloss''), [[Bayreuth Festspielhaus]], Eremitage, Spitalkirche, The Old Castle, Margravial Opera House, and [[Wahnfried]]. Most of the sights have been built in the [[18th century]] and the [[19th century]]. The most popular sight in Bayreuth is the [[Bayreuth Festspielhaus]], which is a major [[Opera house|opera building]] located north of Bayreuth. == References == <references /> {{Commonscat}}