Pleinfeld is a Franconian municipality and market town in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, in the German state of Bavaria.

Pleinfeld is located in central Bavaria, in the south of the administrative region Mittelfranken.

Neighbouring townships are Pfofeld, Ellingen, Ettenstatt, Höttingen, Absberg, Spalt, Heideck and Röttenbach.

Simultaneously, Pleinfeld is located on the most northern part of the Altmühl Valley Nature Park.

Pleinfeld has 35 subdivisions:[3] The origins of the town date back to the 7th century.

In medieval and early modern period Pleinfeld was part of Prince-Bishopric of Eichstätt and remained under their jurisdiction until the late 18th century.

The reorganisation of communities in Bavaria between 1972 and 1978 meant that Pleinfeld came in charge of the previously independent surrounding villages, enlarging the town in size and population.

The Franconian Lake District has made Pleinfeld a tourist destination in 21st century.

Several mills are lined up along the river in the north of Pleinfeld, starting nearby the old town.

Since 2005, the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes, a 550-kilometre-long external frontier of the Roman Empire which runs through the Pleinfeld municipal area, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

FC/Vfl Pleinfeld which provides for instance football, athletics, table tennis and gymnastics.