Leutershausen

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|state = Bayern

|region = Mittelfranken

|district = Ansbach

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|area = 84.11

|postal_code = 91578

|area_code = 09823

|licence = AN

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 5 71 174

|divisions = 49 Ortschaften

|website = [https://www.leutershausen.de/ www.leutershausen.de]

|mayor = Markus Liebich[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.

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Leutershausen is a municipality in the district of Ansbach, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Altmühl, 12 km west of Ansbach.

History

Leutershausen was probably founded by Frankish settlers around 800. For the first time it is referred to in a privilege of Emperor Otto III as "Liuthereshusunin" in 1000.

On the 19th of April, 1945, the village was almost completely destroyed by Allied fighter-bombers.{{Cite journal |last=Woller |first=Hans |date=1986 |title=Gesellschaft und Politik in der amerikanischen Besatzungszone |url=https://doi.org/10.1524/9783486594751 |journal= |doi=10.1524/9783486594751}}

Sport

Leutershausen has a sportsclub, called TV 1862 Leutershausen. As said in the name it was founded in 1862 and has since organised sport events at the local stadium and provides training in seven different disciplines, the biggest being football and athletics. Furthermore, there are table tennis, tennis, gymnastics, triathlon and ball game departments.

In June 2012 there was a big celebration weekend due to the 150th anniversary of the TV Leutershausen including the traditional Maikränzchen athletics competition and Public Viewing of the 2012 Euros.

Sights

St. Peter's Church
Historic citywall
Historic County Court Building
Gustave Whitehead Museum
Gustave Whitehead Memorial
Museum of local history
Leutershausen has restored one of its pre-war synagogues.

File:Landgericht.jpg

International relations

Since 2000 Leutershausen is twinned with the Hungarian town of Szendrő.

Famous people

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

File:Leutershausen Gus Whitehead Denkmal.JPG

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20090218193352/http://www.weisskopf.de/museum.htm Gustave Whitehead Museum (German)]
[http://www.gustavewhitehead.org/ Gustave Whitehead's Flying Machines]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20010217000744/http://airsports.fai.org/jun98/jun9805.html Air Sports International — Did He Actually Fly Before The Wright Brothers?]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080127011219/http://www.historynet.com/air_sea/aviation_history/3032816.html?page=1&c=y History Net — Gustave Whitehead and the First-Flight Controversy]
[https://archive.today/20120303164315/http://www.wright-brothers.org/TBR/History/History%20of%20Airplane/whiteheadarticles.htm Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company]
[http://www.lordshiphistory.com/LordshipAviation.html The History of Lordship!] at www.lordshiphistory.com
[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3897/is_/ai_n8815811 Flight Journal magazine, "The Who Flew First Debate" Oct 1998 by O'Dwyer, William J.]
[http://bridgeport.ct.schoolwebpages.com/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=21662 Gustave Whitehead: The Viking of Flight]
[http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/whitehead.html The Pioneers, Gustav Weißkopf links]
[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1550031 Voices of several persons mentioned in the article]

Category:Ansbach (district)