Leutershausen
Appearance
Leutershausen | |
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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 (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 5,669 |
• Density | 67/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]- ↑ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) .
- ↑ E. Fechter: Die Ortsnamen des Landkreises Ansbach, S. 125.
Other websites
[change | change source]Media related to Leutershausen at Wikimedia Commons
- Gustave Whitehead Museum (German)
- Gustave Whitehead's Flying Machines
- 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