Geisfeld is a small village located 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 ...

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. It is in Upper Franconia, in the

Bamberg district Bamberg () is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It surrounds but does not include the town of Bamberg. The district is bounded by the districts of (from the north and clockwise) Lichtenfels, Bayreuth, Forchheim, Erlangen-Höchstad ...

. Geisfeld is a constituent community of Strullendorf. In 2009, Geisfeld had a total population of 911.

Geography

To the north of the village is the community of

Litzendorf Litzendorf is a community in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg (district), Bamberg. Owing to administrative reform it has been a unified community since 1 May 1978. Geography Litzendorf and most of its outlying centres lie in the Ellern Val ...

, to the east is the village of Mistendorf, to the south are the villages of Roßdorf am Forst, Leesten and Wernsdorf, and to the west is the city of

Bamberg Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castle. C ...

. Geisfeld lies south of the mountain Geisberg.

Culture

There are two breweries in Geisfeld: "Brauerei Griess" and "Brauerei Krug." There are also several community organizations in Geisfeld:"Gemeinde Strullendorf Vereinsdatenbank"
, Accessed August 27, 2010. * Catholic Kindergarten: "Kath. Kindergarten St. Magdalena" * Culture/Arts Club: "Kulturelle Dorfgemeinschaft Geisfeld e.V." * Sports Club: "DJK-SV Geisfeld" * Volunteer Fire Department: "Freiwillige Feuerwehr Geisfeld"

Infrastructure

Geisfeld lies on the Staatsstraßen 2210 and 2276.

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