Kipfenberg Explained

Image Coa:DEU Kipfenberg COA.svg
Coordinates:48.9494°N 11.395°W
Image Plan:Kipfenberg in EI.svg
State:Bayern
Region:Oberbayern
District:Eichstätt
Elevation:378
Area:81.43
Postal Code:85110
Area Code:08465
Licence:EI
Gemeindeschlüssel:09 1 76 138
Divisions:16 Ortsteile
Website:www.kipfenberg.de
Mayor:Christian Wagner[1]
Leader Term:2020 - 26
Party:SPD

Kipfenberg is a town and municipality in the district of Eichstätt in Bavaria, Germany. It is known for its hillside castle and fortress, and for being the geographical centre of Bavaria. The river Altmühl flows through the municipality and its market town of Kipfenberg.

Franz Widnmann (1846–1910), painter, graphic artist, and professor at the Royal School of Applied Arts in Munich, was born at Kipfenberg.[2] Konrad Schumann (1942–1998), a former soldier for East Berlin hung himself in an orchard in Kipfenberg.

Communities

CommunityPopulation
Kipfenberg1709
Arnsberg325
Attenzell241
Biberg348
Böhming599
Buch174
Dunsdorf188
Grösdorf356
Hirnstetten179
Irlahüll250
Kemathen036
Krut065
Oberemmendorf110
Pfahldorf431
Schambach060
Schelldorf564

Mayors

Years Name Party
–1996 Christian Weiß CSU
1996–2014 Rainer Richter SPD
since 2014 Christian Wagner SPD

Notes and References

  1. https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden
  2. Widnmann, Franz; Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Hans Vollmer (ed.), Waage–Wilhelmson, E. A. Seemann, Leipzig (1942), Thieme-Becker, Volume 35:, pp.521–522.