Waischenfeld is a town in the district of Bayreuth, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in Franconian Switzerland, 20 km southwest of Bayreuth.Sons and daughters of the town Ernst von Bomhard, lawyer, senate president at the Reichsgericht in Leipzig Michel HofmanReichsgericht], State Archives Director in Würzburg, collaborator at the Carl Orff work Carmina Burana