Goldberg, Germany Explained

Type:Stadt
Goldberg
Image Coa:Wappen_Goldberg.PNG
Coordinates:53.5667°N 16°W
Image Plan:Goldberg (Mecklenburg) in LUP.svg
State:Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District:Ludwigslust-Parchim
Amt:Goldberg-Mildenitz
Elevation:48
Area:64.85
Postal Code:19399
Area Code:038736
Licence:PCH
Gemeindeschlüssel:13 0 76 048
Divisions:8 Ortsteile
Website:www.amt-goldberg-mildenitz.de
Mayor:Peer Grützmacher

Goldberg (pronounced as /de/) 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 27 May 1813 a battle took place near it between the French and the Russians; and on the 23rd and 27 August of the same year fights between the allies and the French.

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