Kosbach is a village on the outskirts of

Erlangen Erlangen (; , ) is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the administrative district Erlangen-Höchstadt (former administrative district Erlangen), and with 119,810 inhabitants (as of 30 September 2024), it is the smalle ...

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. The village is known locally for its own

Kirchweih Kirchweih is literally the dedication of a church in German. More generally it also names the celebration of the anniversary of a dedication both at church and in local customs. The festivity is often on the day celebrating a church's patron sai ...

festival, the Kosbacher Karpfen Kirchweih, which is a fest or celebration at which

carp The term carp (: carp) is a generic common name for numerous species of freshwater fish from the family (biology), family Cyprinidae, a very large clade of ray-finned fish mostly native to Eurasia. While carp are prized game fish, quarries and a ...

is consumed en masse. The village is surrounded by carp ponds. The ponds are lined with nets, a month or so before the festival the nets are raised so the fish are off the bottom and the muddiness is rinsed away. In 1985 there were a disproportionate number of teenagers in the town, by far outnumbering the adults. On 1 January 1967, the municipality of Kosbach was incorporated into Erlangen. Since then the population of Kosbach increased significantly to almost 1000 inhabitants in 2023.

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Erlangen Villages in Bavaria {{Erlangen-geo-stub