Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Geschichte

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm is a municipality in Bavaria, Germany, capital of the district Pfaffenhofen. It is located on the river Ilm, and had a population of 23,282 in 2004.Composer Ralf Yusuf Gawlick was born here in 1969.As of a press release in October 2011 from the UN-backed annual International Awards for Liveable Communities (LivCom), Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm was saluted by judges for the quality of its environmental best practice. The Bavarian town of 23,000 people was also named the most liveable city with a population between 20,000-75,000. The elite group of cities fulfilled the awards’ range of key criteria involving environmental best practice, healthy lifestyle of citizens, community involvement as well as arts and cultural heritage.Sons and daughters of the city Hans Demmelmeier (1887-1953), politician Joseph Maria Lutz (1893-1972), writer and poet Anton Thumann (1912-1946), SS Obersturmführer in various concentration camps Christoph Ruckhäberle (* 1972), painterMichael Hefele (Huddesfield Town, English Premiership Football Team ) we are on our way.