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Wendelstein, Bavaria

Coordinates: 49°21′13″N 11°8′54″E / 49.35361°N 11.14833°E / 49.35361; 11.14833
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Wendelstein
Coat of arms of Wendelstein
Location of Wendelstein within Roth district
Wendelstein is located in Germany
Wendelstein
Wendelstein
Coordinates: 49°21′13″N 11°8′54″E / 49.35361°N 11.14833°E / 49.35361; 11.14833
CountryGermany
StateBavaria
Admin. regionMittelfranken
DistrictRoth
Government
 • Mayor (2020–26) Werner Langhans[1] (CSU)
Area
 • Total
51.08 km2 (19.72 sq mi)
Elevation
330 m (1,080 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total
16,247
 • Density320/km2 (820/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
90530
Dialling codes09129
Vehicle registrationRH
Websitewww.wendelstein.de
Center of Wendelstein

Wendelstein is a municipality in the district of Roth, in Bavaria, Germany, located about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southeast of Nuremberg.

Geography

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Wendelstein is about 13 km south-southeast of the center of the city of Nuremberg in the Schwarzach Valley. To the north it borders Nuremberg, to the east Feucht, Schwarzenbruck and Pyrbaum, to the south Allersberg and Schwanstetten and to the west Rednitzhembach and Schwabach. The municipal area also includes an uninhabited exclave, one square kilometer in size, of Lorenzer Reichswald north of a former ammunition dump, Heeresmunitionsanstalt Feucht.

Notable inhabitants

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Johann Cochlaus

References

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