Pegnitz (town) explained

Type:	Stadt
Pegnitz
Image Coa:	Wappen von Pegnitz.svg
Coordinates:	49.7564°N 11.545°W
Image Plan:	Pegnitz in BT.svg
State:	Bayern
Region:	Oberfranken
District:	Bayreuth
Elevation:	422
Area:	100.03
Postal Code:	91257
Area Code:	09241
Licence:	BT, EBS, ESB, KEM, MÜB, PEG
Gemeindeschlüssel:	09 4 72 175
Divisions:	36 Ortsteile
Website:	www.pegnitz.de
Mayor:	Wolfgang Nierhoff^[1]
Leader Term:	2020 - 26

Pegnitz (pronounced as /de/) is a town in the Bayreuth district in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, with a population of approximately 15,000 inhabitants. It is also the source of the river Pegnitz. The city Bayreuth is about 27 km to the north.

The villages (Ortsteile) in Pegnitz are:

Bodendorf
Bronn
Buchau
Büchenbach
Hainbronn
Hammerbühl
Hedelmühle
Heroldsreuth
Herrenmühle

Horlach
Hufeisen
Kaltenthal
Kleinkrausmühle
Körbeldorf
Kosbrunn
Kotzenhammer
Langenreuth
Leups

Lobensteig
Lüglas
Nemschenreuth
Neudorf
Neuhof
Penzenreuth
Pertenhof
Reisach
Stein

Stemmenreuth
Trockau
Troschenreuth
Vestenmühle
Weidelwangermühle
Weidmannshöhe
Willenberg
Willenreuth
Zips

Annual events are the Christmas market, the Open-Air Rock Festival Waldstock, and above all, the seasonal strong-beer festival called Flinderer.

Notes and References

https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden