Bärnau () is a town in the
district of Tirschenreuth,
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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. It is situated near the border with the
Czech Republic
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, 25 km northeast of
Weiden in der Oberpfalz
Weiden in der Oberpfalz (official name: Weiden i.d.OPf.; Northern Bavarian: ''Weidn in da Owapfalz'') is a district-free city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located east of Nuremberg and west of the Czech border. A branch of the German Army is locat ...
, and 26 km southwest of
Mariánské Lázně
Mariánské Lázně (; german: Marienbad) is a spa town in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. Most of the town's buildings come from its Golden Era in the second half of the 19th centu ...
. It obtained
town privileges
Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the tradition ...
in 1343, making it the oldest town in the district.
Culture and places of interest
Buildings
*
German Button Museum
*Grenzland Tower
*Steinberg Church, baroque Wieskirche zum gegeißelten Heiland
*Lime tree avenue to the Steinberg Church
*Town centre and market place
*Baroque St. Bartholomew's Church in
Hohenthan
*Baroque St. Michael's Church in Schwarzenbach
*Castle in Thanhausen
*Village chapel in Ellenfeld
*Place of Meeting (''Ort der Begegnung'')
*Festival stage and membrane roof in the abbey gardens
*
Bärnau-Tachov History Park
Music
*Thanhausen Brass Band
*Grenzlandboum Bärnau Town and Youth Band
Sport
*Altglashütte woodland open-air pool
*Bärnau swimming baths
*TSV Bärnau football team
*VfB Thanhausen football team
*TC Bärnau tennis club
*
Silberhütte cross-country skiing centre
*Bärnau Archery Club
*KC Bärnau Bowling Club
Events
*Biennial historic market spectaculum
*German - Czech festival games
References
Tirschenreuth (district)
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