Hirschau (German pronunciation: [ˈhɪʁʃaʊ̯] ⓘ) is a municipality in the Amberg-Sulzbach district, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany.

[3] Hirschau lies directly on the Bundesstraße 14 (Nuremberg - Rozvadov), 13 km northeast of Amberg and about 65 km east of Nuremberg.

Interesting is the Monte Kaolino, a 120 meter high mound made from 32,000,000 tons of quartz sand from excess sand in years of operation.

It is also the place where the yearly Sandboarding Championships are held.

Aside Hirschau the members of this partnership are the bavarian cities Tirschenreuth und Schnaittenbach, from Saxony Königswartha, Sornzig-Ablaß and the cities Mügeln and Nová Role from Czech Republic and Nowogrodziec from Poland.