Mistelgau
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Mistelgau is a municipality in the district of Bayreuth in Bavaria in Germany.
The eponymous village is the seat of both the municipality as well as the municipality association Mistelgau.
The name "Mistelgau" is a compound of "Mistel" （German for mistletoe） and "Gau" （here: shire）, possibly referring to the abundance of mistletoes in a nearby oak forest, which was cut down in 1780.
Today, mistletoes are not quite as common in the area as the name would suggest.
The main village Mistelgau is located 10 km to the west of Bayreuth.
It is the centre of the so-called Hummelgau, the north-northeastern boundary of Franconian Switzerland and its transition into the Obermain foothills.
The eastern part of the municipality is located on modestly hilly terrain used for agriculture, whereas the （south-）western parts are already part of the Franconian Switzerland with its steeper relief and wooded slopes.
Roughly 5 km southwest of the main town, but still within the municipality, lies Neubürg, a table hill offering views of the surrounding area.
To the east, the Red Main valley opens up, granting views of the Fichtel Mountains in the distance.
Neighbouring municipalities Beginning in the north and continuing clockwise, Mistelgau shares borders with the following municipalities: Eckersdorf, Mistelbach, Hummeltal, Glashütten, Plankenfels, Hollfeld, and Thurnau.
The Mistelgau fossil pit is considered one of the hundred most beautiful geotopes in Bavaria.
Until 2005, the Mistelgau pit was used to mine clay for brick production.
It gained supraregional fame because of its impressive fossils.
A "belemnite battlefield" and remains of dinosaurs make it one of the most important fossil sites in Europe.
Some of the finds are exhibited at the Urwelt Museum Oberfranken in Bayreuthin.
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