Bayreuth

Bayreuth is a medium sized city in northern Bavaria, Germany, at the Red Main River in a valley between the Franconia Jura and the Fichtelgebirge Mountains. The town's roots date again to 1194. In the early 21^st century, it is the capital of Upper Franconia and has a populace of 72,148. It is world-well-known for its annual Bayreuth Festival, at which performances of operas with the aid of the 19^th century German composer Richard Wagner are offered. The city is thought to be based by way of the counts of Andechs possibly around the mid 12^th century but became first referred to in 1194 as Baierrute in a file with the aid of Bishop Otto II of Bamberg.

The syllable rute may also imply Rodung or clearing at the same time as Baier suggests immigrants from the Bavarian location. Already documented in advance, had been villages later merged into Bayreuth: Seulbitz in 1035 because the royal Salian property of Silewize in a report by using Emperor Conrad II and St. Johannis in all likelihood 1149 as Altentrebgast. Even the district of Altstadt previously Altenstadt west of the metropolis centre must be older than the metropolis of Bayreuth itself.