Freihung

Freihung
Municipality
Freihung
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Freihung within Amberg-Sulzbach district
Location of Freihung
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Coordinates: 49°37′N 11°55′E / 49.617°N 11.917°E / 49.617; 11.917
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberpfalz
District	Amberg-Sulzbach
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Uwe König1 (FW)
Area
• Total	46.35 km2 (17.90 sq mi)
Highest elevation	438 m (1,437 ft)
Lowest elevation	418 m (1,371 ft)
Population  (2024-12-31)2
• Total	2,545
• Density	54.91/km2 (142.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	92271
Dialling codes	09646, 09622 (Groß-/Kleinschönbrunn)
Vehicle registration	AS
Website	www.markt-freihung.de

Freihung (German pronunciation: [ˈfʁaɪʊŋ]) is a municipality in the district of Amberg-Sulzbach in Bavaria in Germany.

Apart from Freihung the municipality consists of the following villages:³

• Johannes Stark (born 15 April 1874 in Schickenhof – 21 June 1957), physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1919