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Gersthofen () is a
* Auguste Piccard (1884-1962), Swiss scientist, physicist and explorer. Piccard started off in 1931 near Gersthofen with his
St. Emmeram Gersthofen.jpg, St. Emmeram chapel
Rathaus Gersthofen.JPG, Town hall of Gersthofen
Batzenhofen St. Martin 02.jpg, St. Martin Church in Batzenhofen
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
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in the district of Augsburg, in Bavaria
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, Germany
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. It is situated on the west bank of the river Lech
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* Lech (name), a name of Polish origin
* Lech, the legendary founder of Poland
* Lech (Bohemian prince)
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* Lech (beer), Polish beer produced by Kompania Piwowarska, in Poznań
* Lech Poznań, ...
, approx. north of Augsburg
Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ' ...
.
Gersthofen is divided into five districts (German
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: Stadtteile): Batzenhofen, Edenbergen
Edenbergen is a village and a former municipality in the district Augsburg in Bavaria, Germany. Since 1 January 1978, it is part of the municipality of Gersthofen. Edenbergen incorporates the hamlets of Gailenbach and Gailenbacher Mühle.
Geogr ...
(with Gailenbach and Gailenbacher Mühle), Gersthofen, Hirblingen, and Rettenbergen (with Peterhof).
Mayors
*Josef Helmschrott (CSU): 1947-1952 *Georg Wendler (independent): 1952-1967 *Karl J. Weiß: (CSU): 1967-1984 *Siegfried Deffner (CSU): 1984-2008 *Jürgen Schantin (W.I.R., till 2013 CSU): 2008-2014 *since May 2014: Michael Wörle (independent)Born in Gersthofen
*Hans Erdmenger
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (german: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarde ...
(1903-1943), marine officer in the second World War
* Michael Martin (born 1948), photographer, geographer and author
People related to Gersthofen
* Auguste Piccard (1884-1962), Swiss scientist, physicist and explorer. Piccard started off in 1931 near Gersthofen with his Stratosphere
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- balloon
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to a research flight into Higher Air Layers. During this flight he and his assistant Paul Kipfer first reached an altitude of 15,781 meters.
References
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