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{{For|the river in Bavaria, Germany|Creußen (river)}}
{{expand German|topic=geo|Creußen|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox German location
|type              = Stadt
|image_coa            = DEU Creußen COA.svg
|image_photo = Creußen.jpg
|image_caption = Panorama view of Creußen
|coordinates       = {{coord|49|50|38.35|N|11|37|21.63|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Creußen in BT.svg
|state        = Bayern
|region  = Oberfranken
|district         = Bayreuth
|Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Creußen
|elevation              = 426-640
|area            = 64.89
|postal_code               = 95473
|area_code           = 09270
|licence               = BT
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 4 72 127
|website           = [https://www.stadt-creussen.de/ www.stadt-creussen.de]
|mayor             = Martin Dannhäußer<ref>[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], [[Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik]], 15 July 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2020&ndash;26
|party             = 
}}

'''Creußen''' is a [[Town#Germany|town]] in the [[Bayreuth (district)|district of Bayreuth]] in [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]. It is situated on the [[Red Main]] river, 13&nbsp;km southeast of [[Bayreuth]].
[[File:Kurfürstenhumpen VA 1098-1853.jpg|thumb|left|Creußen painted stoneware [[beer stein]] of 1696 from the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]]]]
[[File:Tankard MET 178346.jpg|thumb|left|Creußen painted stoneware [[beer stein]] of 1675 from the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]]]
Creußen is famous for its stoneware [[beer stein]]s.

Creußen is the starting point of the Red Main branch of the [[Main-Radweg]] bicycle path which stretches about 600&nbsp;km along the Main until the mouth into the [[Rhine]].

== Notable people ==
* {{ill|Christoph Wirth|de}} (1870–1950), German physicist and inventor

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