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Erlangen, Germany

About the City

Erlangen Innenstadt Erlangen is the eight largest city in Bavaria with a variously social Infrastructure has today a population of ca. 101.000 people. The birthday was - apart from the first time documentary in 1002 - with the arrival from france by calvinistic refugees in 1686. There was a barock city built for them who is still today in very good preservation .

Bergkirchweih / Riesenrad The popular "Trademarks" of Erlangen are the long bicycle-ways and since 1755 (!) the Bergkirchweih, one of the beautiful fairs in southern Germany. Every year in may or june are ca. one million vistors from all over the world there. Other events like the Comic-Salon, the Puppettheater-Festival or the "Poetenfest". are the highlights in the cultural live Erlangen have a name as festival-city.

Click here for Bergkirchweih-Video in english language!

The "Berchkerwa"-Countdown runs:


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Day.	Hrs	Min	Sec
the fair starts!

History of Erlangen

1002 "Weiler Erlang" mentions for the first time documentary
1361 Emperor Karl IV buy the village Erlangen and found the city (= Altstadt).
1634 After the destroying in the thirty year war the place was completely left (0 population).
1655 is with 500 people the population as high as before the war.
1686 Neustadt for calvinistic refugees build from Markgraf Christian Ernst.
1706 At the big city fire over 90% of the houses were destroyed
1743 Founding of the University by Markgraf Friedrich von Brandenburg Bayreuth.
1755 First Bergkirchweih.
1810 Erlangen was occupied by the Kingdom of Bavaria.
1812 Combination from Altstadt and Neustadt.
1868 Erlangen gets a military community.
1945 (nearly) combatless delivery of the city to the us-army, so Erlangen is not destroyed.
1947 Siemens-Schuckertwerke AG comes to Erlangen and build their headquarter.
1963 Jojo was born.
1970 opening of the Europakanal.
1974 Population: 100.000.
1994 The US-Army left the city. In Erlangen is after 126 years no military any more
2002 1000 Jahre Erlangen.
2005 250th Bergkirchweih.
2005 Jojo left Erlangen.
2010 Jojo returns to Erlangen.

Screensaver Erlangen with
pictures from old postcards

In memory of Erhard ,Pinsl’ Königsreuther †12.03.2009

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