Pappenheim

Pappenheim
Castle
Coat of arms
Pappenheim
Location of Pappenheim within Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district
Coordinates: 48°56′5″N 10°58′28″E / 48.93472°N 10.97444°ECoordinates: 48°56′5″N 10°58′28″E / 48.93472°N 10.97444°E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Mittelfranken
District	Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen
Government
• Mayor	Peter Krauß (SPD)
Area
• Total	64.32 km^2 (24.83 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	4,049
• Density	63/km^2 (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.

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.^[2]

History

The Jewish cemetery from the 12th century.

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
• Altes Schloss
• German language Wikipedia entry on Else Pappenheim

References

1. "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). June 2016.
2. Martin Pappenheim gehörte zu den Mitbegründern der Vereinigung für psychische Hygiene Palästinas und führte Konsultationen in Ägypten und Syrien durch.