Türkheim Explained

Image Coa:DEU Türkheim COA.svg
Coordinates:48.0667°N 47°W
Image Plan:Türkheim in MN.svg
State:Bayern
Region:Schwaben
District:Unterallgäu
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft:Türkheim
Elevation:598
Area:23.52
Postal Code:86842
Area Code:08245
Licence:MN
Gemeindeschlüssel:09 7 78 203
Website:www.tuerkheim.de
Mayor:Christian Kähler[1]
Leader Term:2022 - 28

Türkheim is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany. The neighboring places of Türkheim are Ettringen, Berg, Rammingen, Irsingen, Wiedergeltingen and Amberg. The administrative collectivity of Türkheim administrate Türkheim and Irsingen. The town is seat of a municipal association with Amberg, Rammingen and Wiedergeltingen.

Educational facilities in the municipality include Joseph-Bernhart-Gymnasium.

A subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp was once situated here.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden
  2. http://www.buergervereinigung-landsberg.org/english/historicalfacts/history.htm The Holocaust in the Landsberg area- Citizens´ Association "Landsberg in the 20th Century" (English)