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Шаблон:Infobox German location
Gersthofen (Шаблон:IPA-de) is a town in the district of Augsburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the west bank of the river Lech, approx. Шаблон:Convert north of Augsburg.
Gersthofen is divided into five districts (German: Stadtteile): Batzenhofen, Edenbergen (with Gailenbach and Gailenbacher Mühle), Gersthofen, Hirblingen, and Rettenbergen (with Peterhof).
Mayors
- Josef Helmschrott (CSU): 1947-1952
- Georg Wendler (independent): 1952-1967
- Karl J. Weiß: (CSU): 1967-1984
- Siegfried Deffner (CSU): 1984-2008
- Jürgen Schantin (W.I.R., till 2013 CSU): 2008-2014
- since May 2014: Michael Wörle (independent)[1]
Born in Gersthofen
- Hans Erdmenger (1903-1943), marine officer in the second World War
- Michael Martin (born 1948), photographer, geographer and author
- Auguste Piccard (1884-1962), Swiss scientist, physicist and explorer. Piccard started off in 1931 near Gersthofen with his Stratosphere - balloon to a research flight into Higher Air Layers. During this flight he and his assistant Paul Kipfer first reached an altitude of 15,781 meters.
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St. Emmeram chapel
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Town hall of Gersthofen
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St. Martin Church in Batzenhofen
References
Шаблон:Cities and towns in Augsburg (district)
Шаблон:Augsburgdistrict-geo-stub
