Hirschbach, Bavaria
{{Infobox German location
|name = Hirschbach
|image_flag = Flagge hirschbach.png
|image_coa = DEU Hirschbach (Oberpfalz) COA.svg
|image_photo = 2016 Hirschbach 01.jpg
|image_caption = Center of Hirschbach with the chapel
|coordinates = {{coord|49|33|N|11|32|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Hirschbach in AS.svg
|state = Bayern
|region = Oberpfalz
|district = Amberg-Sulzbach
|Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Königstein (Bayern)
|elevation = 390
|area = 26.76
|postal_code = 92275
|area_code = 09665
|licence = AS
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 3 71 128
|website = [http://www.gemeinde-hirschbach.de www.gemeinde-hirschbach.de]
|mayor = Hermann Mertel[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
|leader_term = 2020–26
|party =
}}
Hirschbach is a municipality in the district of Amberg-Sulzbach in Bavaria in Germany.
Geography
Apart from Hirschbach the municipality consists of the following villages:{{cite web|url=https://www.bayernportal.de/dokumente/behoerde/08108371591/ortsteile|title=Ortsteile mit Postleitzahl|access-date=2024-02-15}}
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- Buchhof
- Eggenberg
- Eschenfelden
- Jägersruh
- München
- Oberachtel
- Oberklausen
- Obermühle
- Pruppach
- Ratzenhof
- Riglashof
- Rinnenbrunn
- Stoffelmühle
- Unterachtel
- Unterklausen
- Ziegelhütte b.Achtel
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Prototype grandstand in Achtel
The small village of Achtel in Hirschbach is the site of a disused sports grandstand constructed as a prototype for part of the planned Deutsches Stadion in Nuremberg, which Hitler had planned as to be used as a venue for all Olympic Games subsequent to a Nazi victory in World War II. It is now in a state of disrepair.{{cite web|first=Katja|last=Sebald|title=Hitler's Secret Grandstand: The Nazi Plan to Build World's Biggest Stadium|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/remains-of-grandstand-recall-hitler-s-plan-to-build-giant-stadium-a-861889.html|publisher=Der Spiegel|accessdate=2012-10-18}}
== Notable people ==
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{{Cities and towns in Amberg-Sulzbach (district)}}
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Category:Populated places in Amberg-Sulzbach
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