Berching
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Berching | |
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Location of Berching within Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz district | |
Ortsteile | |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–26) | Ludwig Eisenreich[1] (CSU) |
Area | |
• Total | 131.18 km2 (50.65 sq mi) |
Elevation | 385 m (1,263 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 9,044 |
• Density | 69/km2 (180/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 92334 |
Dialling codes | 08462 |
Vehicle registration | NM |
Website | www.berching.de |
Berching (Bavarian: Bacham) is a town in the district of Neumarkt in Bavaria, Germany.
Berching is a historical town with a fully preserved town wall and low streamlet. The first settlement was registered in 883, so it is more than 1100 years old. Berching is located in the
Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, 20 km south of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz. The old town or altstadt
is surrounded by a large wall interspaced with towers. One of the towers has been converted into a 6-story apartment. A small inn called the Blaue Traube is also located in the town center.
Residents
- Christoph Willibald Gluck, (1714-1787), composer, was born in Weidenwang, today a district of Berching
- Claudia Brücken, (born 1963), singer, member of the bands Propaganda, Act and Onetwo
References
- Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
- ^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) (Hilfe dazu).