Dachsbach

Dachsbach is a market town and municipality in Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim, in Middle Franconia in northern Bavaria in Germany.

Dachsbach
Municipality
Tower of the former Dachsbach Castle
Coat of arms
Location of Dachsbach within Neustadt a.d.Aisch-Bad Windsheim district
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Coordinates: 49°38′N 10°42′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Mittelfranken
District	Neustadt a.d.Aisch-Bad Windsheim
Municipal assoc.	Uehlfeld
Subdivisions	5 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Peter Kaltenhäuser[1]
Area
• Total	20.58 km2 (7.95 sq mi)
Elevation	280 m (920 ft)
Population  (2024-12-31)[2]
• Total	1,815
• Density	88/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	91462
Dialling codes	09163
Vehicle registration	NEA
Website	www.dachsbach.de

Geography

Dachsbach is in the valley of the Aisch. The borough Rauschenberg is on the southern hills of the Steigerwald. The neighbouring municipalities are (from the north in clockwise direction): Uehlfeld, Weisendorf, Gerhardshofen and Gutenstetten. The municipality has five boroughs: Arnshöchstädt, Traishöchstädt, Göttelbrunn, Oberhöchstädt and Rauschenberg with Ziegelhütte.

Literature

• In Goethe „Götz von Berlichingen" in the first act Götz calls „Geh auf den Weg nach Dachsbach!“ (i.e. „Move on the way to Dachsbach!“), which is about on the way from Jagsthausen to Bamberg.