Kulmbach

Kulmbach
Kulmbach
Coordinates	50°06′0″N 11°26′0″E / 50.1°N 11.433333°E / 50.1; 11.433333
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Upper Franconia
District	Kulmbach
Town subdivisions	37 Ortsteile
Mayor	Henry Schramm (CSU)
Basic statistics
Area	92.77 km2 (35.82 sq mi)
Elevation	325 m  (1066 ft)
Population	27,368  (31 December 2006)
- Density	295 /km2 (764 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	KU
Postal codes	95312–95326
Area code	09221
Website	www.stadt-kulmbach.de

The Plassenburg castle in Kulmbach

Kulmbach is the capital of the district of Kulmbach in Bavaria in Germany. The City is famous for the Plassenburg Castle, which contains the largest pewter-figure museum of the world (Tin soldier) and its famous sausages, called "Bratwürste".

History

Principality of Brandenburg-Kulmbach

Geography

Location

Kulmbach is located in the middle of the bavarian municipal district called Upper Franconia, about 15.5 miles (25 km) northwest of the city Bayreuth. At the southern border of Kulmbach the river Main arises from the small creeks White Main and "Roter Main" Red Main.

City arrangement

Kulmbach is arranged in the following boroughs:

Politics

Mayors

• 1946–1958: Georg Hagen, SPD
• 1958–1970: Wilhelm Murrmann, FWG
• 1970–1994: Dr. Erich Stammberger, Wählergemeinschaft Kulmbach (WGK)
• 1994–2007: Inge Aures, SPD
• since 2007: Henry Schramm, CSU

Sister cities

• Bursa, Turkey since 1998
• Kilmarnock, Scotland since 1974
• Lüneburg, Germany, Lower-Saxony since 1967
• Lugo, Italy since 1974
• Rust, Austria since 1981
• Saalfeld, Germany, Thuringia since 1988

Culture and places of interest

Museums

• German pewter-figure museum Plassenburg, with more than 300,000 tin figures
• Plassenburg museums
  • Armymuseum Frederick the Great
  • Landscape museum Oberfranken
• Bavarian brewery and bakery museum

Additional information

The brewery Kulmbacher, one of the largest in Germany was founded in Kulmbach and made it famous for its beer. The city is also known as "The secret capital of beer". Additionally, at the end of July Kulmbach celebrates a very large festival called Bierfest (Beerfest).

Notable residents

• Thomas Gottschalk (born 1950), TV entertainer
• Hans von Kulmbach (about 1480-1522), scholar of Albrecht Dürer
• Sigmund Theophil Staden (1607-1655), composer
• Hans Wilsdorf (1881-1960), founder of Rolex company

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