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Pappenheim

Town in Bavaria, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Pappenheim within Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district

(2020–26) Florian Gallus^[1] (CSU)Area

• Total64.32 km² (24.83 sq mi)Elevation

405 m (1,329 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total3,969 • Density62/km² (160/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

91788

Dialling codes09143Vehicle registrationWUGWebsitewww.pappenheim.de

Pappenheim is a town in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Altmühl, 11 km south of Weißenburg in Bayern.

History

Historically, Pappenheim was a statelet within 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 Pappenheim (built by 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, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
^ Martin Pappenheim gehörte zu den Mitbegründern der Vereinigung für psychische Hygiene Palästinas und führte Konsultationen in Ägypten und Syrien durch.