Kulmbach

Infobox German Location
type = Stadt
Wappen = Wappen Kulmbach.jpg
lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 06
lon_deg = 11 |lon_min = 26
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Bayern
Regierungsbezirk = Oberfranken
Landkreis = Kulmbach
Höhe = 325
Fläche = 92.77
Einwohner = 27368
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 95312–95326
Vorwahl = 09221
Kfz = KU
Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 4 77 128
Gliederung = 37 Ortsteile
Adresse = Marktplatz 1
95326 Kulmbach
Website = [http://www.stadt-kulmbach.de/ www.stadt-kulmbach.de]
Bürgermeister = Henry Schramm
Partei = CSU

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".

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 arangement

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 tha 300.000 tin figures
*"Plassenburg museums"
**"Armymuseum Frederick_the_Great"
**"Landscape museum Oberfranken"
*"Bavarian brewery museum"

Additional Information

Hans Wilsdorf, the founder of Rolex was born here in 1881. The brewery Kulmbacher, one of the largest in germany was founded in Kulmbach and made it famous for it's beer. The city is also knows as "The secret capital of beer".Additional, at the end of July Kulmbach is celebreating a very large festival called Bierfest (Beerfest)