Leutershausen

Town in Bavaria, Germany

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 (Veeh, 'Kriegsfurie', pp. 452, 457-461; Woller, 'Gesellschaft und Politik in der amerikanischen Besatzungszone: Die Region Ansbach und Fürth', pp. 55-56)

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.

County Court Building

International relations

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

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

Gustave Whitehead Memorial

References

1. Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
2. Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).

External links

• 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
• The Pioneers, Gustav Weißkopf links
• Voices of several persons mentioned in the article