Kulmbach, Germany Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

KULMBACH , which lies 22km northwest of Bayreuth on the banks of the Weisser (White) Main, just west of the point where it joins the Roter (Red) Main to form the River Main proper, is best-known for its beer , holding as it does two national records – the largest output per head of population and the strongest brew in regular production ( EKU 28 ). Although the town was the capital of a Hohenzollern principality from 1398 until the court moved to Bayreuth in 1603, it preserves very few reminders of its medieval origins. The blame for this lies squarely with Margrave Albrecht Alcibiades of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, a … more »