Freystadt
Town in Bavaria, Germany
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Freystadt (German pronunciation: [ˈfʁaɪʃtat] ⓘ; Northern Bavarian: Freystod) is a town in the district of Neumarkt in Bavaria. It is situated near the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, 14 km southwest of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, and 33 km southeast of Nuremberg.
Freystadt | |
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Church of Our Lady of Help | |
Location of Freystadt
within Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz district | |
![]() Location of Freystadt | |
| Coordinates: 49°12′N 11°19′E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Oberpfalz |
| District | Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz |
| Subdivisions | 15 Ortsteile |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–26) | Alexander Dorr[1] (CSU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 80.56 km2 (31.10 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 410 m (1,350 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 9,151 |
| • Density | 113.6/km2 (294.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 92342 |
| Dialling codes | 09179 |
| Vehicle registration | NM |
| Website | freystadt.de |
Sons and daughters of the city

- Jean Paul Egide Martini (1741-1816), German-French composer
- Ernst Schweninger (1850-1924), German physician and medical historian, physician of Otto von Bismarck.
- Hanna Ludwig (1918–2014), contralto and mezzo-soprano, and academic voice teacher

