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Erlangen
| Coat of Arms | Map |
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| Statistics | |
| State: | Bavaria |
| Regierungsbezirk: | Mittelfranken |
| District: | Independent city |
| Area: | 76.84 km² |
| Population: | 102,612(12/31/2002) |
| Population density: | 1,330/km² |
| Elevation: | 290 m |
| Postal code: | 91001-91058 (old: 8520) |
| Area/distance code: | 091-31 |
| Location: | |
| Municipal code: | 09562000 |
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| Arrangement of the city: | 20 districts |
| Address of the city administration: | 1 Rathausplatz Erlangen 91052 |
| Website: | www.erlangen.de |
| Politics | |
| Mayor: | Dr. Siegfried Balleis |
Erlangen is a German city in Middle Franconia. It is located at the estuary of the Untere Schwabach into the Regnitz. Erlangen has more than 100,000 inhabitants.
Erlangen is today dominated by its university and the numerous branch offices of the Siemens AG, as well as a large Institute of the Fraunhofer Society. An event still influencing the city is the settlement of Huguenots after the withdrawal of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.
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University
The University of Erlangen (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität) had been founded in 1742 by margrave Friedrich of Brandenburg-Bayreuth in the residence Bayreuth, but was relocated to Erlangen the next year.
Bergkirchweih
The Bergkirchweih is an annual beer festival similar to the Oktoberfest in Munich, but smaller in scope. It takes place during twelve days before and after Pentecost and draws more than one million visitors each year.
Districts
- Am Anger
- Alterlangen
- Bruck , pop. 20,000
- Büchenbach
- Burgberg
- Dechsendorf
- Eltersdorf , pop. around 3,200
- Frauenaurach
- Häusling
- Hüttendorf
- Innenstadt
- Kosbach
- Kriegenbrunn
- Neuses
- Röthelheim
- Schallershof
- Siedlung Sonnenblick
- Sieglitzhof/Buckenhofer Siedlung
- Steudach
- Tennenlohe [1]
Incorporations into Erlangen
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Historical population
| Year | Population |
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| 1495 | 292 |
| 1630 | 550 |
| 1752 | 7,939 |
| 1830 | 9,800 |
| December 1, 1871¹ | 12,500 |
| Decemebr 1, 1890¹ | 17,559 |
| December 1, 1900¹ | 22,953 |
| December 1, 1910 ¹ | 24,877 |
| June 16, 1925 ¹ | 29,597 |
| June 16, 1933 ¹ | 32,348 |
| May 17, 1939 ¹ | 35,964 |
| September 13, 1950 ¹ | 50,690 |
| June 16, 1961 ¹ | 69,552 |
| May 27, 1970 ¹ | 84,110 |
| June 20, 1975 | 100,700 |
| June 30, 1980 | 100,900 |
| June 30, 1985 | 100,000 |
| May 27, 1987 ¹ | 99,808 |
| June 30 , 1997 | 100,700 |
| December 31 1997 | 100,330 |
| December 31, 1998 | 100,775 |
| December 31, 1999 | 100,750 |
| December 31, 2000 | 100,778 |
| December 31, 2001 | 101,912 |
| December 31, 2002 | 102,198 |
Historical mayors of Erlangen
- 1818 - 1827: Johann Sigmund Lindner
- 1828 - 1855: Johann Wolfgang Ferdinand Lammers
- 1855 - 1865: Carl Wolfgang Knoch
- 1866 - 1872: Heinrich August Papellier
- 1872 - 1877: Johann Edmund Reichold
- 1878 - 1880: Friedrich Scharf
- 1881 - 1892: Georg Ritter von Schuh
- 1892 - 1929: Theodor Klippel
- 1945 - 1946: Anton Hammerbacher , Oberbürgermeister
- 1946 - 1959: Michael Poeschke (SPD)
- 1959 - 1972: Heinrich Lades (CSU)
- 1972 - 1996: Dietmar Hahlweg (SPD)
International Relations
Twin Cities
Erlangen has twinned itself with:
- Eskilstuna in Sweden in 1961,
- Rennes in France in 1964,
- Vladimir in Russia in 1983,
- Jena in Thuringia, Germany, in 1987,
- Stoke-on-Trent in England in 1989,
- San Carlos in Nicaragua in 1989.
- Besiktas (district of Istanbul, Turkey) in 2004
Further partnerships
External Links
- www.erlangen.de
- www.uni-erlangen.de
- Fraunhofer Institut für Integrierte Schaltungen (Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits) mp3 was developed here
- Der-Berg-Ruft.De Homepage of the Bergkirchweih (German only)
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