Gersthofen

Gersthofen
Coat of arms
Gersthofen
Location of Gersthofen within Augsburg district
Coordinates: 48°25′N 10°52′E / 48.417°N 10.867°ECoordinates: 48°25′N 10°52′E / 48.417°N 10.867°E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Schwaben
District	Augsburg
Government
• Mayor	Michael Woerle (no party)
Area
• Total	33.95 km^2 (13.11 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	21,908
• Density	650/km^2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	86368
Dialling codes	0821
Vehicle registration	A
Website	www.gersthofen.de

Gersthofen (Swabian: Geäschdhoofe) is a municipality in the district of Augsburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the west bank of the Lech River, approx. 7 km (4.35 mi) north of Augsburg.

Gersthofen is divided into five districts (German: Stadtteile): Batzenhofen, Edenbergen (with Gailenbach and Gailenbacher Mühle), Gersthofen, Hirblingen, and Rettenbergen (with Peterhof).

Born in Gersthofen

• Hans Erdmenger (1903-1943), Marine Officer the World War
• Michael Martin (born 1948), Photographer, [Geographer and author

People related to Gersthofen

• Auguste Piccard (1884-1962), Swiss scientist, physicist and explorer. Piccard started off in 1931 near Gersthofen with his Stratosphere - balloon to a research flight into Higher Air Layers. During this flight he and his assistant Paul Kipfer first reached an altitude of 15,781 meters.

St. Emmeram chapel

Town hall Gersthofen

Batzenhofen St. Martin

References

1. "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). June 2016.