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{{Infobox German district
|name=Nürnberger Land
|state=Bavaria
|image_flag=Flagge Nürnberger Land.svg
|image_coa=Wappen Landkreis Nürnberger Land.svg
|capital=[[Lauf an der Pegnitz]]
|regierungsbezirk=[[Middle Franconia]]
|area=800
|Kreisschlüssel=09574
| district_admin    = Armin Kroder
| admin_party       = Freie Wähler
|carsign=LAU, ESB, HEB, N, PEG
|url=[http://www.nuernberger-land.de nuernberger-land.de]
|map={{Germany district OSM map |parent_subdivision = Q980}}
}}
'''Nürnberger Land''' is a [[Districts of Germany|''Landkreis'' (district)]] in [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of [[Forchheim (district)|Forchheim]], [[Bayreuth (district)|Bayreuth]], [[Amberg-Sulzbach]], [[Neumarkt (district)|Neumarkt]], [[Roth (district)|Roth]] and [[Erlangen-Höchstadt]], and by the city of [[Nuremberg]].

==History==

The district was established in 1972 by merging the former districts of Nuremberg, Hersbruck and Lauf, reuniting for the first time since 1789 most of the former lands of the [[Imperial City of Nuremberg]].

==Geography==

The district includes the eastern metropolitan area of [[Nuremberg]] in the west and the hills of the [[Frankish Alb]] in the east. The [[Pegnitz River]] runs through the district, coming from the northeast and leaving to the west towards Nuremberg.

==Coat of arms==
The upper part of the coat of arms is identical to the city arms of [[Nuremberg]]. In the bottom part there is a water wheel representing the watermills on the river Pegnitz.

==Towns and municipalities==
{{Imagemap Germany district LAU|Municipalities in LAU.svg|300px{{!}}thumb{{!}}left{{!}}Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district}}
{|
! align=left width=33%|Towns
! align=left width=33%|Municipalities
! align=left width=33%|
|- valign=top
||
#[[Altdorf bei Nürnberg]]
#[[Hersbruck]]
#[[Lauf an der Pegnitz]]
#[[Röthenbach an der Pegnitz]]
#[[Velden (Pegnitz)|Velden]]
||
#[[Alfeld, Bavaria|Alfeld]]
#[[Burgthann]]
#[[Engelthal]]
#[[Feucht]]
#[[Happurg]]
#[[Hartenstein, Bavaria|Hartenstein]]
#[[Henfenfeld]]
#[[Kirchensittenbach]]
#[[Leinburg]]
#[[Neuhaus an der Pegnitz]]
#[[Neunkirchen am Sand]]
||
<ol start=12>
<li>[[Offenhausen, Germany|Offenhausen]]
<li>[[Ottensoos]]
<li>[[Pommelsbrunn]]
<li>[[Reichenschwand]]
<li>[[Rückersdorf, Bavaria|Rückersdorf]]
<li>[[Schnaittach]]
<li>[[Schwaig]]
<li>[[Schwarzenbruck]]
<li>[[Simmelsdorf]]
<li>[[Vorra]]
<li>[[Winkelhaid]]
</ol>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Landkreis Nürnberger Land}}
*[http://www.nuernberger-land.de/ Official website] (German)
*[[:de:Schwaig bei Nürnberg|Schwaig bei Nürnberg]] (German)

{{Germany_districts_bavaria}}
{{Cities and towns in Nürnberger Land (district)}}

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[[Category:Districts of Bavaria]]
[[Category:Districts of Middle Franconia]]