Wunsiedel

Town
	Coat of arms
	Location of Wunsiedel within Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge district
	Coordinates: 50°1′N 12°1′E / 50.017°N 12.017°ECoordinates: 50°1′N 12°1′E / 50.017°N 12.017°E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Upper Franconia
District	Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Nicolas Lahovnik (CSU)
Area
• Total	54.91 km2 (21.20 sq mi)
Elevation	525 m (1,722 ft)
Population (2016-12-31)
• Total	9,172
• Density	167.037/km2 (432.62/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	95632
Vehicle registration	WUN
Website	{{#property:P856}}

Wunsiedel (German pronunciation: [ˈvʊnˌziːdl̩] ( listen)) is the seat of the Upper Franconian district of Wunsiedel in northeast Bavaria, Germany.

Geography

Wunsiedel is in the Fichtelgebirge Mountains in the valley of the Röslau at the foot of the Kösseine Plateau.

Incorporated villages

The town's borough has the following villages (year of incorporation in brackets):

Bernstein (1978), Breitenbrunn, Furthammer, Göpfersgrün, Göringsreuth, Hauenreuth, Hildenbach (1978), Hildenmühle, Holenbrunn (1978), Johanneszeche, Juliushammer, Klause, Kösseinehaus, Krohenhammer, Luisenburg, Schneckenhammer, Schneckenmühle, Schönbrunn (1975), Sinatengrün, Stemmasgrün, Stollenmühle, Valetsberg, Walkmühle, Wiesenmühle, Wintersberg, Wintersreuth.

Twin towns and cities

Wunsiedel is twinned with:

Torbalı, Turkey, since 1980
Mende, France, since 1980
Schwarzenberg, Germany, since 1990
Volterra, Italy, since 2006
Ostrov, Czech Republic, since 2009

Wunsiedel Media

Museum in Wunsiedel
A march to commemorate Rudolf Hess, organized by Neo-Nazis, Wunsiedel, 2004. The banner Märtyrer sterben nie translates to 'Martyrs never die'.
Wunsiedel (1911)
Wunsiedel Town hall
Wunsiedel, Jean Paul bust
Wunsiedel Spitalkirche (spital church)
Wunsiedel
Wunsiedel, Church of St. Veit and St. Martin, Ceiling fresco
Karl Ludwig Sand
Jean Paul Friedrich Richter