Kipfenberg
Municipality in Bavaria, Germany
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Coat of arms
Location of Kipfenberg within Eichstätt district
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(2020–26) Christian Wagner[1] (SPD)
(2023-12-31)[2]
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Kipfenberg is a town and municipality in the district of Eichstätt in Bavaria, Germany. It is known for its hillside castle and fortress, and for being the geographical centre of Bavaria. The river Altmühl flows through the municipality and its market town of Kipfenberg.
Franz Widnmann (1846–1910), painter, graphic artist, and professor at the Royal School of Applied Arts in Munich, was born at Kipfenberg.[3] Konrad Schumann (1942–1998), a former soldier for East Berlin hung himself in an orchard in Kipfenberg.
Communities
Community | Population |
Kipfenberg | 1709 |
Arnsberg | 325 |
Attenzell | 241 |
Biberg | 348 |
Böhming | 599 |
Buch | 174 |
Dunsdorf | 188 |
Grösdorf | 356 |
Hirnstetten | 179 |
Irlahüll | 250 |
Kemathen | 036 |
Krut | 065 |
Oberemmendorf | 110 |
Pfahldorf | 431 |
Schambach | 060 |
Schelldorf | 564 |
Mayors
Years | Name | Party |
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1996–1996 | Christian Weiß | CSU |
1996–2014 | Rainer Richter | SPD |
since 2014 | Christian Wagner | SPD |
References
- ^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, accessed 19 July 2021.
- ^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
- ^ Widnmann, Franz; Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Hans Vollmer (ed.), Waage–Wilhelmson, E. A. Seemann, Leipzig (1942), Thieme-Becker, Volume 35:, pp.521–522.
External links
Media related to Kipfenberg at Wikimedia Commons
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Towns and municipalities in Eichstätt (district)
- Adelschlag
- Altmannstein
- Beilngries
- Böhmfeld
- Buxheim
- Denkendorf
- Dollnstein
- Egweil
- Eichstätt
- Eitensheim
- Gaimersheim
- Großmehring
- Hepberg
- Hitzhofen
- Kinding
- Kipfenberg
- Kösching
- Lenting
- Mindelstetten
- Mörnsheim
- Nassenfels
- Oberdolling
- Pförring
- Pollenfeld
- Schernfeld
- Stammham
- Titting
- Walting
- Wellheim
- Wettstetten
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