Bayreuth
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Bayreuth (German: [ˈbaɪ̯rɔʏ̯t] or [baɪ̯ˈrɔʏ̯t]; Upper Franconian: [ba(ː)ˈɾaɪ̯t]; Bavarian: Bareid; East Franconian: Baraid) is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of Upper Franconia. About 74,000 people live there. Bayreuth is internationally famous for the Bayreuth Festival (German: Bayreuther Festspiele), a festival for the music of Richard Wagner. Nearby bigger cities are Coburg, Bamberg, Hof and Nuremberg. Bayreuth has a university, the University of Bayreuth.
Sights
Bayreuth has a lot of sights and historical buildings which are usually visited by many tourists, especially at the time of the Bayreuth Festival. You can find sights such as the New Palace (Neues Schloss), Bayreuth Festspielhaus, Eremitage, Spitalkirche, The Old Castle, Margravial Opera House, and Wahnfried. Most of the sights have been built in the 18th century and the 19th century. The most popular sight in Bayreuth is the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, which is a major opera building located north of Bayreuth.
Bayreuth Media
Bayreuth um 1900
Bayreuth, Altes Schloss
neues schloss bayreuth
The Margravial Opera House (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
Margravial Opera House, Interior
Friedrichstrasse Bayreuth
The Bayreuth Festspielhaus, as seen in 1882
1920 emergency money: voucher for 25 pfennigs
1923 emergency money: voucher for a million marks
Wagner family home, Haus Wahnfried
