Editing Bayreuth (section)

{{short description|Town in Bavaria, Germany}}
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{{Infobox German place
|type = Stadt
|image_photo = Marktplatz Bayreuth.JPG
|image_caption = Town square
|image_flag = Flagge Bayreuth.svg
|image_coa = Wappen von Bayreuth.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|49|56|53|N|11|34|42|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan =
|state = Bayern
|region = Upper Franconia
|district = Kreisfreie Stadt
|elevation = 340
|area = 66.89
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 09462000
|postal_code = 95401–95448
|area_code = 0921, 09201, 09209
|licence = BT
|website = [https://www.bayreuth.de/ www.bayreuth.de]
|mayor             = Thomas Ebersberger<ref>[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der Oberbürgermeister in den kreisfreien Städten], accessed 4 October 2022.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2020&ndash;26
|Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister
|party = CSU
}}

'''Bayreuth''' ({{IPA|de|ˈbaɪʁɔʏt|-|Bayreuth.ogg}} or {{IPA|de|baɪˈʁɔʏt||De-Bayreuth.ogg}}; [[High Franconian German|Upper Franconian]]: Bareid, {{IPA|und|ba(ː)ˈɾaɪ̯t|pron}}) is a [[Town#Germany|town]] in northern [[Bavaria]], Germany, on the [[Red Main]] river in a valley between the [[Franconian Jura]] and the [[Fichtel Mountains]]. The town's roots date back to 1194. In the 21st century, it is the capital of [[Upper Franconia]] and has a population of 72,148 (2015). It hosts the annual [[Bayreuth Festival]], at which performances of operas by the 19th-century German composer [[Richard Wagner]] are presented.