Bad Staffelstein is a town in the Bavarian Administrative Region of Upper Franconia in Germany.

The municipal territory of Bad Staffelstein extends on both banks of the Main river.

In 1846, with the construction of the Ludwig South-North Railway, the town was connected to the Bavarian rail network.

On that day, Albert von Giech, knight of Bamberg, sold with the agreement of his wife Elisabeth and his brother Kunimund, a canon of Bamberg Cathedral, all of his lands in Nuweseze (Neuses am Main), Obristfeld, and Dabermannsdorf (now Kaider) to Langheim Abbey.

With the Municipal Territory Reform in 1978, the loss of administrative power and centrality became more balanced.