About Bayreuth
Bayreuth is a city in Bavaria, Germany with a population of 72,940. It is the 119th largest of the 960 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Germany, and the 7,906th largest worldwide. It lies 314 km from Berlin.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#9of 114
Coordinates
49.948, 11.579
Record updated
6 May 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 960 in GermanyClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.