Kallmünz

Kallmünz

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Kallmünz

Coordinates: 49°09′40″N 11°57′39″E / 49.16111°N 11.96083°E / 49.16111; 11.96083Coordinates: 49°09′40″N 11°57′39″E / 49.16111°N 11.96083°E / 49.16111; 11.96083
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Oberpfalz
District Regensburg
Municipal assoc. Kallmünz
Government
  Mayor Ulrich Brey (CSU)
Area
  Total 43.19 km2 (16.68 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
  Total 2,848
  Density 66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 93183
Dialling codes 09473
Vehicle registration R
Website www.kallmuenz.de

Kallmünz is a municipality in the district of Regensburg in Bavaria, Germany. Situated at the river Naab about 25 km north of Regensburg Kallmünz has conserved a beautiful medieval center. The main attractions are the ruins of the Kallmünz Castle above the town on a cliff and the old stone bridge over the Naab River. It was in Kallmünz that the Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky and the German expressionist painter Gabriele Münter met during the summer of 1903. Since then Kallmünz has been the constant home to a small Art colony.

Kallmünz castle, the seat of the former Counts of Kallmünz, has been fortified since the bronze age. Kallmünz also has a medieval bridge, bearing masons' marks, over the river Naab.

The Naab at Kallmünz

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