Editing Bayreuth (section)

===Public parks and cemeteries===
[[File:Neues Schloss in der Eremitage. Bayreuth. IMG 2276.JPG|thumb|The [[Hermitage Museum (Bayreuth)|Eremitage]] with its sun temple]]
In the town centre is the Court Garden ({{lang|de|Hofgarten}}) of the New Palace. Near the Festival Hall is the Festival Park. On the southern edge of the town lie the [[Ecological-Botanical Garden of the University of Bayreuth]]. On the {{lang|de|Königsallee}}, east of the town centre, is the relatively small Miedel Garden.

The best known park in Bayreuth is that of the [[Hermitage Museum (Bayreuth)|Eremitage]] (Hermitage) in the district of [[St. Johannis (Bayreuth)|St. Johannis]]. With a total area of almost 50 hectares, it is the largest park in Bayreuth.

Bayreuth has been chosen to host the Bavarian Country Garden Show in 2016.<ref>[[Bayerischer Rundfunk]]: [http://www.br-online.de/studio-franken/aktuelles-aus-franken/landesgartenschau-2016-wuerzburg-bayreuth-2009-kw14-ID1237907268517.xml Bayreuth bekommt die Landesgartenschau 2016]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bayreuth.de/rathaus-buergerservice/planen-bauen/entwicklung-konzepte/landesgartenschau/ |title=Landesgartenschau |work=Bayreuth.de |access-date=2018-05-21 |language=de-DE |archive-date=1 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101194438/https://www.bayreuth.de/rathaus-buergerservice/planen-bauen/entwicklung-konzepte/landesgartenschau/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> For this reason another park called {{lang|de|Wilhelminenaue}} was built on the Main water meadows between the Volksfestplatz and the A9 motorway.<ref>Bayreuth Stadtnachrichten – Amtsblatt der Stadt Bayreuth, Nr. 2, 30. Januar 2009.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bayreuth.de/rathaus-buergerservice/planen-bauen/wilhelminenaue/ |title=Wilhelminenaue |work=Bayreuth.de |access-date=2018-05-21 |language=de-DE}}</ref>

The oldest surviving cemetery is the Town Cemetery ({{lang|de|Stadtfriedhof}}) with a large number of gravestones of famous people. On the southern edge of the town is the Southern Cemetery ({{lang|de|Südfriedhof}}) and crematorium. The districts of St. Johannis and St. Georgen have their own cemeteries. On {{lang|de|Nürnberger Straße}}, in the east of the town, is a Jewish cemetery.