Maroldsweisach

Maroldsweisach
Maroldsweisach
Location of Maroldsweisach within Haßberge district
Coordinates	50°11′51″N 10°39′49″E / 50.1975°N 10.66361°E / 50.1975; 10.66361Coordinates: 50°11′51″N 10°39′49″E / 50.1975°N 10.66361°E / 50.1975; 10.66361
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Lower Franconia
District	Haßberge
Mayor	Wilhelm Schneider (CSU)
Basic statistics
Area	71.87 km2 (27.75 sq mi)
Elevation	334 m  (1096 ft)
Population	3,574 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	50 /km2 (129 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	HAS
Postal code	96126
Area code	09532
Website	www.maroldsweisach.de

Maroldsweisach is a municipality in the district of Haßberge in Bavaria in Germany.

Local Citizens of Note

• Joseph Brunner (November 26, 1706 –– November 19, 1827) was born in Trappstadt and died in Altenstein. Once considered to have been the oldest proven person, information has recently surfaced which suggests he may have only been born in 1739, making him 88 years old at the time of his death [1][2][3]

Although it may be nice to have had the world's oldest person on record be a native son, it is now also possible to disprove the story based on circumstantial evidence. As stated in German above, it is conceivable that one Joseph Brunner (born in 1739) - for whatever reason - used a baptismal certificate issued at a later date for his namesake Joseph Brunner (born in 1706). The explanation in the link above in German says that the Brunner born 33 years after the other Brunner may inadvertently have received the baptismal certificate at some later time in life and only realized the error after leaving the town where he got the certificate. At that point he may have been pleased to be so famous because of his age. Alternatively, he may have obtained his baptismal certificate and either when doing so or later decided to mislead others about his true age to gain a sizeable retirement benefit for his extreme old age from local nobility.

References

1. ^ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes" (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung. 31 December 2010. https://www.statistikdaten.bayern.de/genesis/online?language=de&sequenz=tabelleErgebnis&selectionname=12411-009r&sachmerkmal=QUASTI&sachschluessel=SQUART04&startjahr=2010&endjahr=2010.