Auerbach in der Oberpfalz

Auerbach in der Oberpfalz is a town in the Amberg-Sulzbach district, Bavaria, Germany. In the subdivision Michelfeld there was a Benedictine monastery which is now a nursing home.

Geography
It is located 45 km northeast of Nuremberg. Apart from the town Auerbach the municipality consists of the following villages:


 * Bernreuth
 * Degelsdorf
 * Dornbach
 * Espamühle
 * Gunzendorf
 * Hagenohe
 * Hammerberg
 * Hämmerlmühle
 * Lehnershof
 * Leiten
 * Ligenz
 * Michelfeld
 * Mühldorf
 * Nasnitz
 * Neumühle
 * Niedernhof
 * Nitzlbuch
 * Ohrenbach
 * Ortlesbrunn
 * Pferrach
 * Ranna
 * Ranzenthal
 * Rauhenstein
 * Reichenbach
 * Rosenhof
 * Rußhütte
 * Saaß
 * Sackdilling
 * Sägmühle
 * Sand
 * Speckmühle
 * Staubershammer
 * Steinamwasser
 * Weidlwang
 * Welluck
 * 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,