Spiegelau

Spiegelau is a municipality in the district of Freyung-Grafenau in Bavaria in Germany. It lies in the heart of the Bavarian Forest.

Spiegelau
Municipality
Roman Catholic parish church of Saint John the Baptist
Coat of arms
Location of Spiegelau within Freyung-Grafenau district
Spiegelau Show map of Germany Spiegelau Show map of Bavaria
Coordinates: 48°55′N 13°22′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Niederbayern
District	Freyung-Grafenau
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Karlheinz Roth[1] (CSU)
Area
• Total	40.42 km2 (15.61 sq mi)
Highest elevation	820 m (2,690 ft)
Lowest elevation	734 m (2,408 ft)
Population  (2024-12-31)[2]
• Total	3,890
• Density	96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	94518
Dialling codes	08553
Vehicle registration	FRG
Website	www.gemeinde-spiegelau.de

Subdivisions

There are 33 villages in the municipality:^[3]

Althütte Augrub Beiwald Flanitzhütte Hauswald Hirschöd Hirschschlag Hirschthalmühle Hochreuth

Holzhammer Holzmühle Jägerfleck Kirchenberg Klingenbrunn Kronreuth Langdorf Luisenfels

Mühlberg Neuhütte Oberkreuzberg Ochsenkopf Palmberg Pronfelden Rehbruck (PLZ 94481) Reinhardschlag

Reuteck Ringen Sommerau Spiegelau Steinbüchl Winkelhof Winkelmühle Winkelreuth

There are also the Gemarkungen of Spiegelau, Oberkreuzberg and Klingenbrunn.

Transport

Spiegelau lies on Zwiesel–Grafenau railway and its station was formerly the junction to the Spiegelau Forest Railway which supporting the major logging industry in the area.

See also

• Bavarian Forest National Park