Goldberg, Germany

Goldberg
Church Church
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Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Ludwigslust-Parchim
Municipal assoc.	Goldberg-Mildenitz
Government
• Mayor	Peer Grützmacher
Area
• Total	64.85 km2 (25.04 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	3,819
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	19399
Dialling codes	038736
Vehicle registration	PCH
Website	http://www.amt-mildenitz.de/

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Town hall

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.

Gallery

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School building

• Jungfernstraße
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