Pappenheim


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 was born in Pappenheim.
Else Pappenheim and her father Martin Pappenheim, both were famous psychoanalysts.

History

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.

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