Leutershausen is a municipality

Municipalities of Germany

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 in the district of Ansbach

Ansbach (district)

Ansbach is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is surrounding, but not including the city of Ansbach; nonetheless the administrative seat of the district is Ansbach. It is the district with the biggest area in Bavaria...

, in Bavaria

Bavaria

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, Germany

Germany

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. It is situated on the river Altmühl

Altmühl

The Altmühl is a river in Bavaria, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Danube and is approximately 230 km in length.The source of the Altmühl is located close to the city of Ansbach. From here the river runs southeastwards as a narrow brook to enter the Altmühlsee north of Gunzenhausen...

, 12 km west of Ansbach

Ansbach

Ansbach, originally Onolzbach, is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Ansbach is situated southwest of Nuremberg and north of Munich, on the Fränkische Rezat, a tributary of the Main river. As of 2004, its population was 40,723.Ansbach...

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History

Leutershausen was probably founded by Frankish settlers around 800. For the first time it is referred to in a privilege of Emperor Otto III. as "Liuthereshusunin" in 1000.

Sights

• St. Peter's Church
• Historic citywall
• Historic County Court Building
• Gustave Whitehead Museum
• Gustave Whitehead Memorial
• Museum of local history
• Leutershausen has restored one of its pre-war synagogues.

International relations

Since 2000 Leutershausen is twinned with the Hungarian town of Szendrö.

Famous people

• Gustave Whitehead
  Gustave Whitehead
  Gustave Albin Whitehead, born Gustav Albin Weisskopf was an aviation pioneer who emigrated from Germany to the U.S., where he designed and built early flying machines and engines meant to power them....
  
  , aviation pioneer

External links

• Gustave Whitehead Museum (german)
• Gustave Whitehead's Flying Machines
• Air Sports International — Did He Actually Fly Before The Wright Brothers?
• History Net — Gustave Whitehead and the First-Flight Controversy
• Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company
• The History of Lordship! at www.lordshiphistory.com
• Flight Journal magazine, "The Who Flew First Debate" Oct 1998 by O'Dwyer, William J.
• Gustave Whitehead: The Viking of Flight
• The Pioneers, Gustav Weißkopf links
• Voices of several persons mentioned in the article