Freihung
Municipality in Bavaria, Germany
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Freihung (German pronunciation: [ˈfʁaɪʊŋ]) is a municipality in the district of Amberg-Sulzbach in Bavaria in Germany.
Freihung | |
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Freihung | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Freihung
within Amberg-Sulzbach district  | |
 Location of Freihung | |
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| Coordinates: 49°37′N 11°55′E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Oberpfalz |
| District | Amberg-Sulzbach |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–26) | Uwe König[1] (FW) |
| Area | |
• Total | 46.35 km2 (17.90 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 438 m (1,437 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 418 m (1,371 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,559 |
| • Density | 55.21/km2 (143.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 92271 |
| Dialling codes | 09646, 09622 (Groß-/Kleinschönbrunn) |
| Vehicle registration | AS |
| Website | www |
Geography
Apart from Freihung the municipality consists of the following villages:[3]
- Blauenneuschacht
- Böcklmühle
- Elbart
- Freihungsand
- Großschönbrunn
- Hämmerleinshof
- Hämmerleinsmühle
- Kleinschönbrunn
- Konradinsgrund
- Mauerhof
- Riedhof
- Rothaar
- Rumpelmühle
- Schallermühle
- Schickenhof
- Schmelzmühle
- Schwadermühle
- Seugast
- Tanzfleck
- Thansüß
- Weickenricht
Notable people
- Johannes Stark (born 15 April 1874 in Schickenhof – 21 June 1957), physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1919
