Kronach

Kronach is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, located in the Frankenwald location. It is the capital of the district Kronach. Kronach is the beginning metropolis of Lucas Cranach the Elder and Maximilian von Welsch, in addition to Johann Kaspar Zeuss and bishop Josef Stangl. The town is prepared with a almost entire city-wall and Germany's largest medieval castle, Festung Rosenberg. The headquarters of German TV and AV system manufacturer, Loewe, is placed right here. Kronach is placed at the southwestern fringe of the Franconian Forest.

The rivers Hablach, Kronach and Rodach unite in Kronach. In 1634 at some stage in the 30 Years' War the town became efficaciously defended towards a German Swedish army with the help of the town ladies. During the First World War, it become the web page of an Officers' Prisoner of War camp. World War I, also called the First World War or the Great War, become a global struggle originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to Martinmas 1918. Contemporaneously defined as "the warfare to quit all wars", it caused the mobilisation of extra than 70 million navy personnel, along with 60 million Europeans, making it one in all the biggest wars in history.