Auerbach in der Oberpfalz (, ) is a town in the Amberg-Sulzbach district, Bavaria, Germany. In the subdivision Michelfeld there was a Benedictine monastery which is now a nursing home.
Geography
It is located 45 km northeast of Nuremberg. Apart from the town Auerbach the municipality consists of the following villages:
- Bernreuth
- Degelsdorf
- Dornbach
- Espamühle
- Gunzendorf
- Hagenohe
- Hammerberg
- Hämmerlmühle
- Lehnershof
- Leiten
- Ligenz
- Michelfeld
- Mühldorf
- Nasnitz
- Neumühle
- Niedernhof
- Nitzlbuch
- Ohrenbach
- Ortlesbrunn
- Pferrach
- Ranna
- Ranzenthal
- Rauhenstein
- Reichenbach
- Rosenhof
- Rußhütte
- Saaß
- Sackdilling
- Sägmühle
- Sand
- Speckmühle
- Staubershammer
- Steinamwasser
- Weidlwang
- Welluck
- Zogenreuth
Mayor
Since May 2008 Joachim Neuß is the mayor. Helmut Ott was the mayor 1996–2008.
Town twinnings
- Laneuveville-devant-Nancy, Lorraine, France
Notable citizens
- Johann Baptist Metz (1928-2019), Catholic theologian
- Heinrich Stromer (1476-1542), professor at the Leipzig university, physician and founder of Auerbach's Cellar.
- Johann Michael Doser (1678–1756) artist, mainly in the fields of wood carvings und sculptures for altars
- Maurus von Schenkl (1749-1816), Benedictine theologian, librarian and canonist,