Pappenheim

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Pappenheim is a town in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Altmühl, 11 km south of Weißenburg in Bayern.Notable peopleThe architect and professor Eduard Mezger (1807–1894) was born in Pappenheim.Else Pappenheim (1911-2009) and her father Martin Pappenheim (1881-1943), both were famous psychoanalysts.HistoryHistorically, Pappenheim was a statelet within Holy Roman Empire. It was mediatised to Bavaria in 1806.Counts of Pappenheim settled at the territory, particularly Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim.Sites Galluskirche Neues Schloss Pappenheim Altes Schloss German language Wikipedia entry on Else Pappenheim