Leutershausen is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the district of Ansbach, in

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. It is situated on the river

Altmühl The Altmühl (, la, Alchmona, Alcmana, Almonus)
s.v. is a river in

, 12 km west of

Ansbach Ansbach (; ; East Franconian: ''Anschba'') is a city in the German state of Bavaria. It is the capital of the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Ansbach is southwest of Nuremberg and north of Munich, on the river Fränkische Rezat, a ...

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.

International relations

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

Famous people

Gustave Whitehead Gustave Albin Whitehead (born Gustav Albin Weisskopf; 1 January 1874 – 10 October 1927) was an aviation pioneer who emigrated from Germany to the United States where he designed and built gliders, flying machines, and engines between 1897 an ...

, German-American aviation pioneer *

Christopher McNaughton Christopher George McNaughton (born October 11, 1982) is a German-American (with an American father and German mother, respectively) professional basketball player who last played for MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). He ...

, German basketball player, playing for the German national team * Paula Kissinger (née Stern), mother of American Secretary of State and

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...

recipient

Henry Kissinger Henry Alfred Kissinger (; ; born Heinz Alfred Kissinger, May 27, 1923) is a German-born American politician, diplomat, and geopolitical consultant who served as United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presid ...

References

External links

Gustave Whitehead Museum (German)

Gustave Whitehead's Flying Machines

* ttps://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 Controversybr>Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company

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

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