Goldkronach

Goldkronach
Coat of arms
Goldkronach
Location of Goldkronach within Bayreuth district
Coordinates: 50°0′41.40″N 11°41′14.33″E / 50.0115000°N 11.6873139°E / 50.0115000; 11.6873139Coordinates: 50°0′41.40″N 11°41′14.33″E / 50.0115000°N 11.6873139°E / 50.0115000; 11.6873139
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberfranken
District	Bayreuth
Government
• Mayor	Holger Bär (XXX)
Area
• Total	23.24 km2 (8.97 sq mi)
Elevation	443 m (1,453 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	3,536
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	95497
Dialling codes	09273
Vehicle registration	BT
Website	www.goldkronach.de

Goldkronach is a town in the district of Bayreuth, in Bavaria, Germany.^[2] It is situated near the Fichtelgebirge, 12 km northeast of Bayreuth.

Town hall Goldkronach

Goldkronach

Goldkronach Market place

History

On 25 June 1836, at 22:15, residents awoke to a man yelling "Fire! Fire!". In almost 2 hours, almost half of the eastern part of the town was burnt down, including the parish church, the two schools, City Hall, 55 houses, and 16 outbuildings. 127 families were rendered homeless. Three years later, on 18 June 1839 midnight, another fire broke out in the market. Within two hours, 29 houses and 17 outbuildings in the south side of town were the victims of the fire.^[3]

Population development

• 1961: 2945
• 1970: 2935
• 1987: 2903
• 2000: 3598
• 2010: 3606

Sons and daughters of the city

Sigismund von Reitzenstein

• Sigismund von Reitzenstein (1766-1847), politician and diplomat of Baden

Personalities who lived and worked in Goldkronach

Alexander von Humboldt in 1843

• Georgius Agricola (1494-1555), scholar of the Renaissance and the father of the mineralogy. For Goldkronach in his writings, Agricola called a weekly gold transfer of 1500 Gulden.
• Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), German natural scientist, from 1792 to 1796 Oberbergmeister and Oberbergrat in the Prussian Goldkronach. Humboldt revolutionized mining from a technical point of view, but also introduced measures for the education and social protection of miners.

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