Heinlein Genealogy
Where is Bavaria? Where is Abtsgreuth, Bavaria?

- Bavaria (Bayern) is one of 16 states located in the southeastern corner of Germany. It is surrounded by the countries of Austria and Czech Republic and 4 other German states of Saxony, Thuringia, Hessen, and Baden-Württemberg.
- Abtsgreuth is located in Middle Franconian region of northern Bavaria, 37 miles west of the city of Nuremberg (Nürnberg) and 105 miles northwest of Munich
- There are Heinleins in the following city, town and villages in northern Bavaria:
- city of Nuremberg / Nürnberg
- town of Neustadt an der Aisch
- villages of Abtsgreuth, Schornweisach, Altershausen, Bad Windsheim, Mittelsteinach, Münchsteinach, Kleinweisach, Gleissenberg, Reinhardshofen, Schlüsselfeld
- The difference in Germany between city, town, and village is based on population:
- A big city (Großstadt) technically applies to cities with over 100,000 inhabitants.
- A small city (Kleinstadt) statistically applies to cities with between 50,000 and 100,000 inhabitants.
- A town (Ort) statistically has between 5,000 and 20,000 inhabitants.
- A village (Dorf) has less than 5,000 inhabitants.
- Heinleins come from 2 main villages: Abtsgreuth (87 inhabitants) and Schornweisach (380 inhabitants).
- They were farmers but did not live on an isolated farm.
- Farmers in Bavaria lived together in a village and every day went out into the countryside and farmed their own land.
- Here is the political breakdown:
- country / Land: Germany / Deutschland
- state / Staat: Bavaria / Bayern
- administrative district / Regierungsbezirk: Middle Franconia / Mittelfranken
- rural district (county) / Landkreis: Bad Windsheim-Neustadt an der Aisch
- municipality / Gemeinde: Münchsteinach
- Here are more geography facts:
- The nearest large city/ Großstadt is Nuremberg/ Nürnberg (517,498 inhabitants).
- The nearest large town/ Ort is Neustadt an der Aisch (12,875 inhabitants). (New City on the Aisch River)
- Here are some distances between Nuremberg, Neutstadt an der Aisch, and other villages: (conversion scale, 10 kilometers= 6 miles)
- Abtsgreuth to Schornweisach: 5.9 kilometers/ 3.6 miles
- Schornweisach to Reinhardshofen: 5.6 kilometers / 3.4 miles
- Abtsgreuth to Neustatdt an der Aisch: 13.1 kilometers/ 8.1 miles
- Abtsgreuth to Nuremberg: 60.1 kilometers/ 37.3 miles
- Neustadt an der Aisch to Nuremberg: 48.8 kilometers/ 30.3 miles
- Nuremberg to Munich: 169.5 kilometers/ 105.3 miles