🇩🇪 Gräfenberg is a Franconian town in the district of Forchheim, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 16km south-east of Forchheim and 25km north-east of Nuremberg.
Geography: Location Gräfenberg is located in the southern part of Little Switzerland. The town is characterised by a great range of elevation (from 400 to 550 metres). A brook, the Kalkach, flows through the town with a steep drop.
Gräfenberg is divided into 16 districts: • The town Gräfenberg • Lilling • Hohenschwärz • Kasberg • Walkersbrunn • Dörnhof • Thuisbrunn • Höfles • Sollenberg • Rangen • Haidhof • Schlichenreuth • Guttenburg • Neusles • Lillinger Höhe • Gräfenberger Hüll.
Religion Gräfenberg is a majority Protestant town; even so, some districts (Lilling, Sollenberg) are majority Catholic.
History Gräfenberg was first mentioned in the year 1172. From 1333 onward the patrician family Haller reigned in Gräfenberg. In 1371 King Karl IV granted the market municipal law. In 1567 a fire destroyed the parts of town located back of the walls. In 1778 a flood wave, resulting from heavy rainfalls, killed six people. With the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss in 1803 the town became part of Bavaria. In the Austro-Prussian War between the German Confederation (which included Bavaria), and Prussia and her allies, the town was the headquarters of the Prussian army at the time that the ceasefire between Bavaria and Prussia was declared in 1866.
In the 1960s and 1970s the other districts of Gräfenberg became part of the borough: for example Lilling (first mentioned 1205) and Thuisbrunn (first mentioned 1007).
Gräfenberg has a population of over 4,294 people. Gräfenberg also forms part of the wider Forchheim District which has a population of over 116,600 people. It is also a part of the larger Oberfranken Region. Gräfenberg is situated near Forchheim.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Gräfenberg has links with:
🇭🇺 Tiszaföldvár, Hungary🇩🇪 Heppenheim 49.633
🇫🇷 Cherbourg-en-Cotentin 49.639
🇩🇪 Birkenfeld 49.65
🇩🇪 Erbach im Odenwald 49.65
🇺🇦 Zolotonosha 49.667
🇩🇪 Weiden in der Oberpfalz 49.675
🇩🇪 Tauberbischofsheim 49.617
🇱🇺 Luxembourg 49.61
🇱🇺 Luxembourg City 49.61
🇨🇿 Havlíčkův Brod 49.607
🇩🇪 Neustadt an der Aisch 49.583
🇩🇪 Fürstenfeldbruck 11.25
🇮🇹 Sesto Fiorentino 11.2
🇩🇪 Neuburg an der Donau 11.183
🇩🇪 Weilheim in Oberbayern 11.15
Locations Near: Gräfenberg 11.25,49.6333
🇩🇪 Lauf an der Pegnitz 11.28,49.513 d: 13.6
🇩🇪 Forchheim 11.058,49.72 d: 16.8
🇩🇪 Erlangen 11.003,49.598 d: 18.3
🇩🇪 Nuremberg 11.067,49.45 d: 24.3
🇩🇪 Nürnberg 11.067,49.45 d: 24.3
🇩🇪 Zirndorf 10.95,49.45 d: 29.7
🇩🇪 Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz 11.467,49.283 d: 42
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🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16054
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