Kipfenberg is a town and municipality in the district of Eichstätt in Bavaria, Germany. It is known for its hillside castle and fortress, and for being the geographical centre of Bavaria. The river Altmühl flows through the municipality and its market town of Kipfenberg.
Franz Widnmann (1846–1910), painter, graphic artist, and professor at the Royal School of Applied Arts in Munich, was born at Kipfenberg.Widnmann, Franz; Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Hans Vollmer (ed.), Waage–Wilhelmson, E. A. Seemann, Leipzig (1942), Thieme-Becker, Volume 35:, pp.521–522. Konrad Schumann (1942–1998), a former soldier for East Berlin hanged himself in an orchard in Kipfenberg.
Communities
Community PopulationKipfenberg1709Arnsberg325Attenzell241Biberg348Böhming599Buch174Dunsdorf188Grösdorf356Hirnstetten179Irlahüll250Kemathen036Krut065Oberemmendorf110Pfahldorf431Schambach060Schelldorf564
Mayors
Years Name Party –1996 Christian Weiß CSU 1996–2014 Rainer Richter SPD since 2014 Christian Wagner SPD
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