Figures, Dates, Facts
History
| 1194 | First documentary evidence of Baierrute by Bishop Otto II of Bamberg. |
| 1231 | Status as town (civitas) conferred. |
| 1260 | Bayreuth is inherited by the Franconian Hohenzollern, i. e. the Burgraves of Nuremberg. |
| 1430 | The town is conquered and destroyed by the Hussites. |
| 1533 | Margrave Georg establishes the Reformation by a new church order. |
| 1602 | Epidemic of the Plague causes the death of more than 1,000 inhabitants. |
| 1603 | Margrave Christian transfers the margravial residence from Kulmbach to the Old Palace in Bayreuth. |
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1632 to 1634 |
During the Thirty Years' War the town is captured and looted by imperial troops in three consecutive years. |
| 1735 | Margrave Friedrich and Margravine Wilhelmine begin their reign. |
| 1748 | Opening ceremony of the Margravial Opera House to celebrate the wedding of princess Elisabeth Friederike. |
| 1792 | After the resignation of Margrave Alexander Bayreuth becomes a Prussian province. |
| 1810 | Due to Napoleon Bayreuth becomes part of the Kingdom of Bavaria. |
| 1876 | At the first Bayreuth Festival Richard Wagner performs "The Ring of the Nibelungs" three times. |
| 1945 | About a third of the town is destroyed by air raids. |
| 1975 | Lecturing and research work are taken up at the newly founded Bayreuth University. |
| 1993 | Bayreuth is appointed Oberzentrum (administrative and economic centre). |
| 1998 | Bayreuth University celebrates the topping-out ceremony of the 6th Faculty for Applied Natural Sciences |
| 1999 | Official opening of the new thermal spa "Lohengrin Therme" in Seulbitz. |
| 2003 | Official opening of the Competence Center for New Materials of Northern Bavaria. |
| 2008 | Wolfgang Wagner resigns as the director of the Bayreuth Festival after 58 years. The council of the foundation appoints his two daughters, Katharina Wagner and Eva Wagner-Pasquier to his successors. |
Municipal area
altitude 345 m
area 6,692 ha
of which:
Built-up areas: 26.50 %
Area used for traffic: 9.89 %
Forests, public parks, play and sports grounds: 22,80 %
Agricultural area: 39,41 %
Other areas: 1,40 %
Length of town limits: 62,50 km
Population
Development of the population:
1871: 17 841
1910: 34 547
1939: 45 028
1946: 55 612
1970: 64 536
1990: 72 345
2011: 72.885
ninth largest town in Bavaria; fifth largest town in Franconia; largest town in Upper Franconia
Denominations:
Protestant: 51,0 %
Catholic: 27.1 %
others: 21,9 %
households: 35,145
Connections by road, rail and air
- Bundesautobahn A 9 Munich-Berlin
- Bundesautobahn A 70 Schweinfurt-Bayreuth
- Deutsche Bahn AG/German Railway:
hourly express train service from Nuremberg to Bayreuth and back;
IC-Stop Nuremberg-Dresden - Regional Airport Bayreuth
Culture,
sport and entertainment facilities
Theatres
- Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus (Festival Theatre) 1,974 seats
- Markgravial Opera House 487 seats
- Stadthalle (Civic Hall)
Großes Haus (Main Hall) 930 seats
Kleines Haus (Little Theatre) 277 seats
Balkonsaal (Balcony Hall) 365 seats - studiobühne bayreuth 214 seats
- Brandenburger Kulturstadl 99 seats
Museums
- Richard-Wagner-Museum, Haus Wahnfried
Richard-Wagner-Straße 48 - Jean-Paul-Museum
Wahnfriedstraße 1 - Franz-Liszt-Museum
Wahnfriedstraße 9 - Historical Museum
Kirchplatz 6 - German Freemason Museum
Im Hofgarten 1 - German Typewriter Museum
Bernecker Straße 11 - Environmental Museum (Upper Franconia)
Kanzleistraße 1 - Maisel' s Brewery Museum
Kulmbacher Straße 40 - Museum of Agricultural Tools and Equipment
Adolf-Wächter-Straße 17 - Fire Brigade Museum
An der Feuerwache 4 - IWALEWA-Haus, Africa Centre of Bayreuth University
Münzgasse 9 - Little Poster Museum
Friedrich-Puchta-Straße 12 - Wo Sarazen Art
Brandenburger Straße 36 - Archaeological Museum (Historischer Verein Oberfranken)
Ludwigstraße 25 b - Natural Science Museum
Karolinenreuther Straße 58 - School Museum
Richard-Wagner-Gymnasium
Graserschule
Wittelsbacherring 9
Schulstraße 4 - Bayreuth Fayences (New Palace)
Ludwigstraße 21 - Museum of Modern Fine Arts
Maximilianstraße 33
Sports centre
- Oberfrankenhalle (multi-purpose sports hall) with 3,970 seats
- Hans Walter Wild Stadium for 20,000 spectators
- SVB-Indoor Pool 50-m-pool with 8 lanes
- Ice rink for 4,705 people
- Triple gymn (with facilities for different sports)
Swimming
pools
- Lohengrin-Therme Bayreuth (thermal spa; officialy recognised as water with healing properties)
Kurpromenade 5 - Kreuzsteinbad (outdoor swimming pool)
Universitätsstraße 20 - Stadtbad (indoor pool including different saunas)
Kolpingstraße - SVB-indoor pool
Am Sportpark 5 - Altstadtbad (outdoor swimming pool)
Fantaisiestraße - Freiluftbad (recreational sunbathing areas)
An der Bürgerreuth
Golf course Rodersberg
- 18-hole-course
Am Rodersberg
Schools,
Colleges
- 1 University of Bayreuth with approx. 11,000 students
- Academy of Protestant Church Music
- 5 grammar schools
- 2 secondary schools
- 12 primary schools
- 6 special schools
- 26 vocational schools
- 1 music school
- 1 international school
Tourism
- beds: 1,800
- hotels: 17
- guesthouses: 10
- sanatories: 2
- youth hostel: 1
- guests per year approx. 118,000
overnight stays per year approx. 300,000
of which were foreigners approx. 15 %
Parks
- Hofgarten (Courtyard Garden)
- Park Festival Theater
- Eremitage (Hermitage)
- Röhrensee (animal park)
- Miedelspark
- Fantaisie
Economy
Employed persons in total 2006: 57.100
Number of employees liable to contribute to social security: 39.340
thereof:
- Agriculture and Forestry, fishing industry < 1.0 %
- Manufacturing industry 19.0 %
- Mining industry, building trade, energy and water supply 7.0 %
- Business, catering and hotel industry, and transport industry 19.0 %
Business 14,0 %
Catering and hotel industry 2,0 %
Transport and communication 3,0 % - Other services 54,0 %
Banks and insurances 4,0 %
Property and housing matters, and renting 14,0 %
Administrative authority 9,0 %
Public and private services 27,0 %
Social institutions
- 5 hospitals 1,851 beds
- 11 nursing homes 1,114 beds
- 1 Hospices 10 places
- 1 Short-term nursing care 26 places
- 1 Day care 12 places
- 2 Sheltered housing for the elderly with 17 Two-room-flats and 20 One-room-flats
- 68 Barrier-free flats equipped with emergency callf
- 3 Housing areas:assisted living
- 175 Flats of different sizes with service provisions
- 45 nursery schools and day nurseries with 2,480 places
- 1 Remedial Centre
- Workshop for disabled teenagers and adults with 312 places
- Homes for children and apprentices with 147 places
- 87 children' s playgrounds and playing fields
Contact
Information, advice and assistance for municipal and other authorities
-
Stadt Bayreuth
Neues Rathaus (New Town Hall)
Luitpoldplatz 13
Telephone: 09 21/25-17 06 or 25-17 07; Fax: 0921/25-1305
Rathaus II
Dr.-Franz-Straße 6
Telephone: 09 21/25-17 25; Fax: 0921/25-15 95
E-Mail: Poststelle@stadt.bayreuth.de -
Bayreuth Marketing & Tourismus GmbH
Opernstraße 22
Telephone: 09 21/8 85-88; Fax: 09 21/8 85-55
E-Mail: info@bayreuth-tourismus.de