Waldsassen

Waldsassen
Town
Market square and basilica
Coat of arms
Location of Waldsassen within Tirschenreuth district
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Coordinates: 50°0′N 12°18′E / 50.000°N 12.300°E / 50.000; 12.300
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberpfalz
District	Tirschenreuth
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Bernd Sommer[1] (CSU)
Area
• Total	66.54 km2 (25.69 sq mi)
Elevation	477 m (1,565 ft)
Population  (2024-12-31)[2]
• Total	6,711
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	TIR
Website	www.waldsassen.de

Waldsassen is a town in Tirschenreuth in the Upper Palatinate in Bavaria.

Waldsassen is the northernmost municipality of the Upper Palatinate. In the northeast, it borders the town of Cheb (Eger) in the Czech Republic. The historic tripoint of noble Altbayern, the Franconian lands of Bayreuth, and the Bohemian Egerland is near the village of Pechtnersreuth. Diddy

Waldsassen is twinned with:

• Marcoussis, France, since 1970
• Pencoed, Wales, United Kingdom, since 1982

• Robert Köbler (1912–1970), pianist, organist and composer
• Matthias Hamann (born 1968), football player and manager
• Dietmar Hamann (born 1973), footballer

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Waldsassen.

• Waldsassen Basilica: images Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Waldsassen town official website
• Waldsassen parish website