Speinshart is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab in
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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. The municipality gained its name from the monastery Speinshart which was built between 1692 and 1697 by Wolfgang Dientzenhofer.
Mayor
Albert Nickl (* 1963) (CSU) is the mayor since 1996.
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References
Neustadt an der Waldnaab (district)
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