Pappenheim
Town in Bavaria, Germany
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Coat of arms
Location of Pappenheim within Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district
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(2020–26) Florian Gallus[1] (CSU)
(2023-12-31)[2]
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Pappenheim is a town in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Altmühl, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) south of Weißenburg in Bayern.
History
Historically, Pappenheim was a statelet within the Holy Roman Empire. It was mediatised to Bavaria in 1806.
Counts of Pappenheim settled at the territory, particularly Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim.
Sites
- Galluskirche
- Neues Schloss (built by Leo von Klenze after the mediatisation of the Pappenheim state; not open to the public)
- Altes Schloss
Notable people
The architect and professor Eduard Mezger (1807–1894) was born in Pappenheim.
Else Pappenheim (1911–2009) and her father Martin Pappenheim (1881–1943), both were famous psychoanalysts.[3]
References
- ^ "Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden" (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik. 4 October 2021. Archived from the original on 30 June 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
- ^ Kaufhold, Roland (15 January 2009). "Von Wien nach New York: Zum Tode der Psychoanalytikerin Else Pappenheim (22.5.1911 – 11.1.2009)". haGalil (in German). Retrieved 23 August 2024.
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