Weißenburg (Bavaria)
| Weißenburg in Bayern | ||
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The old town hall of Weißenburg is one of the icons of the city
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 Weißenburg in Bayern
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Location of Weißenburg in Bayern within Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district
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| Coordinates: 49°01′50″N 10°58′19″E / 49.03056°N 10.97194°ECoordinates: 49°01′50″N 10°58′19″E / 49.03056°N 10.97194°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Bavaria | |
| Admin. region | Mittelfranken | |
| District | Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen | |
| Government | ||
| • Lord Mayor | Jürgen Schröppel (SPD) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 97.55 km2 (37.66 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 422 m (1,385 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 17,976 | |
| • Density | 180/km2 (480/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 91781 | |
| Dialling codes | 09141 | |
| Vehicle registration | WUG | |
| Website | www.weissenburg.de | |
| Imperial City of Weißenburg im Nordgau | ||||||||||
| Reichsstadt Weißenburg im Nordgau | ||||||||||
| Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||
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| Capital | Weißenburg im Nordgau | |||||||||
| Government | Republic | |||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||
| • | Founded | before 867 | ||||||||
| • | Gained Reichsfreiheit | 1296 | ||||||||
| • | Mediatised to Bavaria | 1803 | ||||||||
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Weißenburg in Bayern (formerly also Weißenburg im Nordgau) is a town in Middle Franconia, Germany. It is the capital of the district Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen. In 2010 its population was 17,513.
Weißenburg was a Free Imperial City for 500 years.
Weissenburg is located in central Bavaria, in the south of the administrative region Mittelfranken. Large cities in the area are Ingolstadt (55.5 km), Nuremberg (61.7 km), Augsburg (85 km), Munich (134.6 km) and Würzburg (150.4 km).
The municipality is divided into 27 Ortsteile: the main town and the 26 villages of Dettenheim, Emetzheim, Gänswirtshaus, Haardt, Hagenbuch, Hammermühle, Hattenhof, Häuser am Wülzburger Berg, Heuberg, Holzingen, Kattenhochstatt, Kehl, Laubenthal, Markhof, Niederhofen, Oberhochstatt, Potschmühle, Rohrwalk, Rothenstein, Schleifer am Berg, Schmalwiesen, Stadelhof, Suffersheim, Weimersheim, Weissenhof and Wülzburg.
The history of Weißenburg is generally traced back to the Roman fort that was built in the area towards the end of the first century. The settlement, which included Thermae, lay on the border of the Roman Empire and on the Tabula Peutingeriana from the 4th century it had the name Biriciana. Germanic tribes destroyed the fort and settled in what is still the city centre. The first mention of the name Weißenburg is in a deed dating from 867. The city became the seat of a royal residence during the reign of the Franks and according to legend, Charlemagne stayed there to supervise the construction of Fossa Carolina.
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