What is Ludwigsstadt?
{{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_photo = METropolitan Zug über den Dächern von Ludwigsstadt 2011 06 04.jpg |image_caption = [[Deutsche Bahn|DB]] train passing Trogenbach viaduct |image_coa = DEU Ludwigsstadt COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|50|29|09|N|11|23|15|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Ludwigsstadt in KC.svg |state = Bayern |region = Oberfranken |district = Kronach |elevation = 446 |area = 58.72 |postal_code = 96337 |area_code = 09263 |licence = KC |Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 4 76 152 |divisions = 5 [[Ortsteil]]e |website = [http://www.ludwigsstadt.de/ www.ludwigsstadt.de] |mayor = Timo Ehrhardt<ref>[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], [[Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik]], 15 July 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2020&ndash;26 |party = SPD }} '''Ludwigsstadt''' is a [[Town#Germany|town]] in [[Kronach (district)|Kronach]], in [[Upper Franconia]], [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]. ==Geography== It is in the valley of the [[Loquitz]] River, a tributary of the [[Saale]], in the [[Thuringian-Franconian Highlands]] of the [[Thuringian Slate Mountains]] and the [[Franconian Forest]] mountain ranges. Being {{convert|28|km|mi}} north of [[Kronach]], the Bavarian border with the state of [[Thuringia]] runs about {{convert|3|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of the town centre, with Thuringian [[Saalfeld]] in a distance of c. {{convert|18|km|mi|abbr=on}} down the Loquitz. Ludwigsstadt is the only municipality of the State of Bavaria north of the [[Rennsteig]] ridge. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Cities and towns in Kronach (district)}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Kronach (district)]]