Pappenheim () is a town in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Altmühl, south of Weißenburg in Bayern.
History
Historically, Pappenheim was a statelet within the 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 (built by Leo von Klenze after the mediatisation of the Pappenheim state; not open to the public) Altes Schloss
Notable people The 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.
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