Thurnau

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Thurnau
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Thurnau
Thurnau (Germany)
Thurnau
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Upper Franconia
District Kulmbach
Mayor Dr Rita Fischer (Ind.)
Basic statistics
Area 64.20 km² (24.8 sq mi)
Elevation 363 m  (1191 ft)
Population 4,504  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 70 /km² (182 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate KU
Postal code 95349
Area code 09228
Website www.thurnau.de

Coordinates: 50°1′32″N 11°23′39″E / 50.02556, 11.39417

Thurnau is a municipality in the district Kulmbach, Germany.

Thurnau is known for transmitter Thurnau, the medium wave transmission site for Deutschlandfunk, a German national information radio station.