Stadtsteinach

Stadtsteinach
Town
Church in Stadtsteinach
Coat of arms
Location of Stadtsteinach within Kulmbach district
Stadtsteinach Stadtsteinach
Coordinates: 50°10′N 11°30′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberfranken
District	Kulmbach
Municipal assoc.	Stadtsteinach
Subdivisions	27 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor	Roland Wolfrum (SPD)
Area
• Total	39.65 km2 (15.31 sq mi)
Elevation	351 m (1,152 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)
• Total	3,183
• Density	80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	95346
Dialling codes	09225
Vehicle registration	KU (old: SAN)
Website	www.stadtsteinach.de

Stadtsteinach is a town in the district of Kulmbach, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the Frankenwald, 8 km northeast of Kulmbach.

It is known for its proximity to mountains, fields and nature reserves.

Town divisions

Stadtsteinach is arranged in the following boroughs:

Stadtsteinach Bergleshof Große Birken Kleine Birken Deckenreuth Deinhardsmühle Eisenberg Forkel Frankenreuth

Gründlein Hammermühle Hochofen Höfles Mittelhammer Oberhammer Oberzaubach Osenbaum Petschen

Römersreuth Schwärzleinsdorf Schwand Silberklippe Triebenreuth Unterzaubach Vogtendorf Vorderreuth Ziegelhütte

Steinachklamm in the valley of Untere Steinach river in winter

Sons and daughters of the town

• Karl Burkart (1798–1851), German administrative lawyer
• Friedrich Baur, founder of Baur Versand, established 1925 in Altenkunstadt, a division of Burgkunstadt. Baur Versand had been one of the pioneers of mail order, later online business and is part of the Otto Group since 1997.
• Michael Schnabrich (1880–1939), German politician (SPD) and Reichstag deputy of Weimar Republic (voting against the Enabling Act of Adolf Hitler)

Press conference 1941: Standing: Alfred Rosenberg, Wilhelm Weiss (right), Alfred Meyer (left)

• Wilhelm Weiss (1892-1950), politician (NSDAP), SA-Obergruppenführer and chief editor of the Völkischer Beobachter
• Jörg Dittwar (born 1963), football player
• Simone Mathes (born 1975), hammer thrower, several times German champion during the 1990s