Kranzberg

Kranzberg is a municipality in the district of Freising in Bavaria in Germany.

Fischerwirt in Kranzberg, this baroque building was a district court house until 1803 when the court was moved to Freising.

For the historian, see Melvin Kranzberg. For the mountain, see Kranzberg (mountain).

Kranzberg
Church of Saint Quirinus in Kranzberg
Coat of arms
Location of Kranzberg within Freising district
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Coordinates: 48°24′N 11°37′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberbayern
District	Freising
Government
• Mayor	Hermann Hammerl (FW)
Area
• Total	39.50 km^2 (15.25 sq mi)
Elevation	483 m (1,585 ft)
Population  (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	4,175
• Density	110/km^2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	85402
Dialling codes	08166
Vehicle registration	FS
Website	www.kranzberg.de

At Bernstorf, a part within the municipality of Kranzberg, a Bronze Age fortification was found in 1904 by local historian Josef Wenzl. It was dated at around 1360 B.C. and is the largest known Bronze Age settlement north of the Alps. Most significant were finds of gold and amber objects which contained writings in Mycenaean Greek Linear B. These objects were found by amateur archaeologists Manfred Moosauer and Traudl Bachmair in 1998. The objects are now kept in the national Bavarian archaeological collection in Munich.[2]

References

1. "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2019.
2. Karl Heinz Rieder und Rupert Gephard, Zwei Bronzezeitliche Bernsteinobjekte mit Bild- und Schriftzeichen aus Bernstorf (Lkr. Freising). Germania 80, 115-133