Scheinfeld

Town in Bavaria, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Scheinfeld within Neustadt a.d.Aisch-Bad Windsheim district

(2020–26) Claus Seifert^[1] (SPD)Area

• Total45.12 km² (17.42 sq mi)Elevation

304 m (997 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total4,846 • Density110/km² (280/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

91443

Dialling codes09162Vehicle registrationNEA (until 1972: SEF)Websitewww.scheinfeld.de

Scheinfeld is a town in the Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 14 km northwest of Neustadt (Aisch), and 40 km east of Würzburg. Schloss Schwarzenberg is adjacent to the town. The town is home to an Adidas testing factory.

From 1946 to 1949 a displaced persons camp was in operation at Scheinfeld. About 1,500 Lithuanians were brought there from the Regensburg camp. The camp was a center of Lithuanian culture and also had a short lived community currency.

References

^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).