Spiegelau

Spiegelau is a municipality in the district of Freyung-Grafenau in Bavaria in Germany. It lies in the heart of the Bavarian Forest.

Spiegelau
Roman Catholic parish church of Saint John the Baptist
Coat of arms
Location of Spiegelau within Freyung-Grafenau district
Spiegelau
Spiegelau
Coordinates: 48°55′N 13°22′E
CountryGermany
StateBavaria
Admin. regionNiederbayern
DistrictFreyung-Grafenau
Government
 • MayorKarlheinz Roth (CSU)
Area
 • Total40.42 km2 (15.61 sq mi)
Highest elevation
820 m (2,690 ft)
Lowest elevation
734 m (2,408 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total3,887
 • Density96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
94518
Dialling codes08553
Vehicle registrationFRG
Websitewww.gemeinde-spiegelau.de

Subdivisions

There are 33 villages in the municipality[2]:

  • Althütte
  • Augrub
  • Beiwald
  • Flanitzhütte
  • Hauswald
  • Hirschöd
  • Hirschschlag
  • Hirschthalmühle
  • Hochreuth
  • Holzhammer
  • Holzmühle
  • Jägerfleck
  • Kirchenberg
  • Klingenbrunn
  • Kronreuth
  • Langdorf
  • Luisenfels
  • Mühlberg
  • Neuhütte
  • Oberkreuzberg
  • Ochsenkopf
  • Palmberg
  • Pronfelden
  • Rehbruck (PLZ 94481)
  • Reinhardschlag
  • Reuteck
  • Ringen
  • Sommerau
  • Spiegelau
  • Steinbüchl
  • Winkelhof
  • Winkelmühle
  • Winkelreuth

There are also the Gemarkungen of Spiegelau, Oberkreuzberg and Klingenbrunn.

Transport

Spiegelau lies on Zwiesel–Grafenau railway and its station was formerly the junction to the Spiegelau Forest Railway which supporting the major logging industry in the area.

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See also

References
  1. "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2019.
  2. Gemeinde Spiegelau in the location database of the Bavarian State Library Online. Bavarian State Library, retrieved 5 January 2018
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