Hirschbach, Bavaria


Hirschbach is a municipality in the district of Amberg-Sulzbach in Bavaria in Germany.
WWW gemeinde-hirschbach.de

Geography

Apart from Hirschbach the municipality consists of the following villages:
  • Buchhof
  • Eggenberg
  • Eschenfelden
  • Jägersruh
  • München
  • Oberachtel
  • Oberklausen
  • Obermühle
  • Pruppach
  • Ratzenhof
  • Riglashof
  • Rinnenbrunn
  • Stoffelmühle
  • Unterachtel
  • Unterklausen
  • Ziegelhütte b.Achtel

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.