Dietfurt an der Altmühl (officially Dietfurt a.d. Altmühl, , ), commonly known as Dietfurt, is a
town
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Bavaria
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,
Germany
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Regensburg
Regensburg (historically known in English as Ratisbon) is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the rivers Danube, Naab and Regen (river), Regen, Danube's northernmost point. It is the capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the ...
, 30 km north of
Ingolstadt
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, and is located 364 meters above sea level.
Overview
Dietfurt is known as the "Bavarian China" (, zh, t=巴伐利亞的中國, s=巴伐利亚的中国, p=Bāfálìyà de Zhōngguó), Chinese culture is the theme adopted for
Carnival
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Carnival typi ...
in Dietfurt, and the city promotes other Chinese cultural activities such as courses in
Qigong
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.
Mayor
The mayor of Dietfurt is Bernd Mayr, elected in March 2020.
Notable people
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Argula von Grumbach
Argula von Grumbach (; 1492 – c. 1554) was a Duchy of Bavaria, Bavarian writer and noblewoman who, starting in the early 1520s, became involved in the Protestant Reformation debates going on in Germany. She became the first Protestant woman wri ...
, (1492–1568) Protestant publicist and reformer, lived and worked in Dietfurt from 1516 onwards
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Michael Wittmann
Michael Wittmann (22 April 19148 August 1944) was a German Waffen-SS tank commander during the Second World War. He is known for his ambush of elements of the British 7th Armoured Division during the Battle of Villers-Bocage on 13 June 1944. Wh ...
(1914–1944), German Panzer commander and
panzer ace
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