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	Coordinates: 49°6′N 11°26′E / 49.100°N 11.433°E / 49.100; 11.433Coordinates: 49°6′N 11°26′E / 49.100°N 11.433°E / 49.100; 11.433;
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberpfalz
District	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz
Government ;
• Mayor;	Ludwig Eisenreich (CSU)
Area ;
• Total	131.18 km2 (50.65 sq mi)
Elevation ;	385 m (1,263 ft)
Population (2017-12-31); ;
• Total	8,567
• Density	65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	; CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	92334
Dialling codes	08462
Vehicle registration	NM
Website	www.berching.de

Place in Bavaria, Germany

Berching is a town in the district of Neumarkt in Bavaria, Germany.

Berching is a historical town with a fully preserved town wall and low streamlet. The first settlement was registered in 883, so it is more than 1100 years old. Berching is located in the district of Neumarkt in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, 20 km south of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz. The old city or altstadt is surrounded by a large wall interspaced with towers. One of the towers has been converted into a 6-story apartment. A small inn called the Blaue Traube is also located in the city center.

Christoph Willibald Gluck 1775

Residents

Christoph Willibald Gluck, (1714-1787), composer, was born in Erasbach, today a district of Berching

Claudia Brücken, (born 1963), singer, member of the bands Propaganda, Act and Onetwo

Historic altstadt tower converted into an apartment building

References

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