Bad Weißenstadt (), until July 2025 WeißenstadtGebietsänderungen von Januar bis ... 2025, Statistisches Bundesamt (), is a town in the district of Wunsiedel, in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the shore of the picturesque Weißenstadter See (Weissenstadt Lake), in the Fichtel Mountains, on the river Ohře, 11 km northwest of Wunsiedel. The town got its name "White City" from the landmark church, once white now weathered dark grey. In 2025 it became the youngest "Bath-city" in Bavaria.
Geography The town nestles in the valley of the Ohře between the mountains of Waldstein and Rudolfstein and the pass of Höllpass on the plateau of the Fichtelgebirge.
Villages The borough of Bad Weißenstadt incorporates the town itself and a number of villages:
Birk Franken Frohnlohe Grub Grubbach Hühnerhöfen Lehsten Meierhof Neuenhammer Ruppertsgrün Schönlind Torfmoorhölle Voitsumra Weiherhöfen Weißenhaid Weißenhaider Mühle Weißenstadt Ziegelhütte bei Lehsten Grafenmühle
Personalities Sons and daughters of the city Heinrich Schneider (1905-1985), writer Peter Beauvais (1916–1986), actor and director Horst Hüttel (* 1968), ski jumping trainer
Personalities who have worked on the ground Erhard Ackermann (1813-1880), the founder of the industrial granite refinement in Germany
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