Drachselsried is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the district of

Regen Regen ( Northern Bavarian: ''Reng'') is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and the district town of the district of Regen. Geography Regen is situated on the great Regen River, located in the Bavarian Forest. Divisions Originally the town consisted o ...

, in

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. Drachselsried is in the

Zeller Valley The Zeller Valley (German: ''Zellertal'') is a valley in the Bavarian Forest in southern Germany. The Zeller Valley extends about 30 km from north to south and about 12 km from east to west. The valley runs from the village of Bodenmais t ...

(German: ''Zellertal''), and is part of the Glass Road (''Glasstrasse'') The area is part of the

Bavarian Forest National Park The Bavarian Forest National Park (german: Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald) is a national park in the Eastern Bavarian Forest immediately on Germany's border with the Czech Republic. It was founded on 7 October 1970 as the first national park in ...

. The village is a small, highly organised, friendly place to live. ''Bayern Eins'', the German radio station, gave some history details of the village, which was first noted in 1184. The village continues to grow with the addition in 2017 of a retirement home with private apartments, close to the village centre. A number of new homes have been built on land available for purchase from the local council.

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*https://www.drachselsried.eu Regen (district) Bavarian Forest {{Regendistrict-geo-stub