Leutershausen
Leutershausen | |
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 Leutershausen, market place with the historic town gate | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Leutershausen within Ansbach district  | |
  Leutershausen  Leutershausen | |
| Coordinates: 49°17′N 10°25′E / 49.283°N 10.417°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Middle Franconia |
| District | Ansbach |
| Subdivisions | 49 Ortschaften |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sandra Bonnemeier (without party affiliation) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 84.11 km2 (32.48 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 426 m (1,398 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 5,570 |
| • Density | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 91578 |
| Dialling codes | 09823 |
| Vehicle registration | AN |
| Website | www |
Leutershausen (German pronunciation: [lɔʏ̯tɐshaʊ̯zən] (
listen); East Franconian: Laidəscháusn[2]) is a municipality in Ansbach, a district (Landkreis) in Middle Franconia. It is on the river Altmühl, 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) west of Ansbach.
Notable people
[change | change source]- Gustave Whitehead, German-American aviation pioneer
- Christopher McNaughton, German basketball player, playing for the German national team
- Paula Kissinger (née Stern), mother of American Secretary of State and Nobel Prize recipient Henry Kissinger
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Gemeinden, Kreise und Regierungsbezirke in Bayern, Einwohnerzahlen am 31. Dezember 2024; Basis Zensus 2022" [Municipalities, counties, and administrative districts in Bavaria; Based on the 2022 Census] (CSV) (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik.
- ↑ E. Fechter: Die Ortsnamen des Landkreises Ansbach, S. 125.
Other websites
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Media related to Leutershausen at Wikimedia Commons
- Gustave Whitehead Museum (German)
- Gustave Whitehead's Flying Machines Archived 2010-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Air Sports International — Did He Actually Fly Before The Wright Brothers?
- History Net — Gustave Whitehead and the First-Flight Controversy
- Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company
- The History of Lordship! at www.lordshiphistory.com
- Flight Journal magazine, "The Who Flew First Debate" Oct 1998 by O'Dwyer, William J.
- Gustave Whitehead: The Viking of Flight Archived 2011-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
- The Pioneers, Gustav Weißkopf links Archived 2011-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Voices of several persons mentioned in the article
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