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Pappenheim

Pappenheim
Castle
Castle
Coat of arms of Pappenheim
Coat of arms
Pappenheim   is located in Germany
Pappenheim
Pappenheim
Coordinates: 48°56′5″N 10°58′28″E / 48.93472°N 10.97444°E / 48.93472; 10.97444Coordinates: 48°56′5″N 10°58′28″E / 48.93472°N 10.97444°E / 48.93472; 10.97444
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Mittelfranken
District Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen
Government
 • Mayor Peter Krauß (SPD)
Area
 • Total 64.32 km2 (24.83 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 4,049
 • Density 63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 91788
Dialling codes 09143
Vehicle registration WUG
Website www.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.

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.

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.



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