What is Creußen?
{{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_coa = DEU Creußen COA.svg |image_photo = Creußen.jpg |image_caption = Panorama view of Creußen |coordinates = {{coord|49|50|38.35|N|11|37|21.63|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Creußen in BT.svg |state = Bayern |region = Oberfranken |district = Bayreuth |Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Creußen |elevation = 426-640 |area = 64.89 |postal_code = 95473 |area_code = 09270 |licence = BT |Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 4 72 127 |website = [https://www.stadt-creussen.de/ www.stadt-creussen.de] |mayor = Martin Dannhäußer<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 = }} '''Creußen''' is a [[Town#Germany|town]] in the [[Bayreuth (district)|district of Bayreuth]] in [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]. It is on the [[Red Main]] river, 13&nbsp;km southeast of [[Bayreuth]]. [[File:Kurfürstenhumpen VA 1098-1853.jpg|thumb|left|Creußen painted stoneware [[beer stein]] of 1696 from the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]]]] [[File:Tankard MET 178346.jpg|thumb|left|Creußen painted stoneware [[beer stein]] of 1675 from the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]]] Creußen is famous for its stoneware [[beer stein]]s. == Notable people == * [[Christoph Wirth]] (1870–1950), German physicist and inventor {{commons category|Creußen}} == References == {{Reflist}} {{Cities and towns in Bayreuth (district)}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Creussen}} [[Category:Bayreuth (district)]]