Hirschau
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Hirschau
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Upper Palatinate
District	Amberg-Sulzbach
Mayor	Hans Drexler (CSU)
Basic statistics
Area	74.90 km² (28.9 sq mi)
Elevation	411 m  (1348 ft)
Population	6,162  (30/06/2005)
- Density	82 /km² (213 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	AS
Postal code	92242
Area code	09622
Website	hirschau.de Coordinates: 49°32′00″N 11°57′00″E / 49.533333, 11.95

Hirschau is a municipality in the Upper Palatinate (Oberpfalz) district of Bavaria and in the county of Amberg-Sulzbach.

Geography

Location

Hirschau lies directly on the German Federal Highway 14 (Nuremberg - Prague) and ca. 20 km east of the Autobahn 6 (Amberg - Heilbronn),and ca. 15 km west of the Autobahn 93 (Regensburg - Hof). The municipality is about 70 km east of Nuremberg.

Suburbs of Hirschau

• Burgstall
• Dienhof
• Ehenfeld
• Krickelsdorf
• Kricklhof
• Krondorf
• Massenricht
• Obersteinbach
• Steiningloh
• Untersteinbach
• Weiher

Culture & Miscellaneous Interests

Interesting is the Monte Kaolino, a 120 meter high mound made from 32,000,000 tons of quartz sand. It is also the place where the yearly Sandboarding Championships are held.

Mining has been common since 1901 and the quartz sand and Kaolin is also used for the production of porcelain and paper.

It is also used as a skiing/camping resort during the summer months.

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