Gräfenberg, Bavaria

Gräfenberg
Town
Old town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Gräfenberg within Forchheim district
Gräfenberg Gräfenberg
Coordinates: 49°38′N 11°15′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberfranken
District	Forchheim
Municipal assoc.	Gräfenberg
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Ralf Kunzmann (FW)
Area
• Total	37.88 km2 (14.63 sq mi)
Elevation	433 m (1,421 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	4,294
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	91322
Dialling codes	09192
Vehicle registration	FO
Website	www.graefenberg.de

Gräfenberg is a Franconian town in the district of Forchheim, in Bavaria, Germany. It is 16km southeast of Forchheim and 25km northeast of Nuremberg.

Place

Gräfenberg is in the southern part of Little Switzerland. The town is characterised by a great range of elevation (from 400 to 550 metres). A brook, the Kalkach, flows through the town with a steep drop.

Gräfenberg is divided into 16 districts:

• The town Gräfenberg
• Lilling
• Hohenschwärz
• Kasberg
• Walkersbrunn
• Dörnhof
• Thuisbrunn
• Höfles
• Sollenberg
• Rangen
• Haidhof
• Schlichenreuth
• Guttenburg
• Neusles
• Lillinger Höhe
• Gräfenberger Hüll

Pictures

• 
  Town church and town hall
• 
  Memorial for the fallen of World War I and II above the town.
• 
  A panorama of the center and eastern part of Gräfenberg.

Other websites

• Media related to Gräfenberg at Wikimedia Commons