Goldberg, Germany
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show Location of Goldberg within Ludwigslust-Parchim district | |
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Coordinates: 53°34′N 12°04′E / 53.567°N 12.067°ECoordinates: 53°34′N 12°04′E / 53.567°N 12.067°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
District | Ludwigslust-Parchim |
Municipal assoc. | Goldberg-Mildenitz |
Subdivisions | 8 Ortsteile |
Government | |
• Mayor | Peer Grützmacher |
Area | |
• Total | 64.85 km2 (25.04 sq mi) |
Elevation | 48 m (157 ft) |
Population (2020-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 3,392 |
• Density | 52/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 19399 |
Dialling codes | 038736 |
Vehicle registration | PCH |
Website | www.amt-goldberg-mildenitz.de |
Goldberg is a town in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 24 km northeast of Parchim, and 46 km east of Schwerin.
History[]
Goldberg owes its origin and name to a gold mine in the neighbourhood, which, however, has been wholly abandoned since the time of the Hussite wars. The town obtained civic rights in 1211. It suffered heavily from the Tatars in 1241, from the plague in 1334, from the Hussites in 1428, and from the Saxon, Imperial and Swedish forces during the Thirty Years' War. On the 27th of May 1813 a battle took place near it between the French and the Russians; and on the 23rd and the 27th of August of the same year fights between the allies and the French.[2]
People born in the town[]
- Peter Larisch (born 1950), handball player
Connected to Goldberg[]
- Gerd Wessig (born 1959 in Lübz), Olympian winner and world record holder (2,36 m) in the jump, grew up in Goldberg and went to school there
References[]
- ^ "Statistisches Amt M-V – Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2020". Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (in German). July 2021.
- ^ public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Goldberg". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Categories:
- Towns in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Cities and towns in Mecklenburg
- Ludwigslust-Parchim
- Populated places established in the 13th century
- 1240s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
- 1248 establishments in Europe
- Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Bezirk Schwerin
- Ludwigslust-Parchim geography stubs