Treuchtlingen

Treuchtlingen
Town Hall Town Hall
Coat of arms of Treuchtlingen Coat of arms
Treuchtlingen
Location of Treuchtlingen within Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district 250px
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Mittelfranken
District	Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen
Government
• Mayor	Werner Baum junior (SPD)
Area
• Total	103.00 km2 (39.77 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	12,576
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	91757
Dialling codes	09142
Vehicle registration	WUG
Website	Official website

Treuchtlingen is a town in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, in Bavaria, Germany. It has a population of around 12,000.

History

The spot where the town is situated was first settled by Celts, Romans and Franks. The town proper was founded in 793, during the reign of Charlemagne, and it was first mentioned in 899, as Drutelinga. In the 12th century the castle was erected. In 1495 Treuchtlingen was burnt down. In 1869 the train station was opened. During "Operation Clarion" Treuchtlingen was bombed and nearly 600 people were killed.

Geography

Location

Treuchtlingen is situated on the river Altmühl, 9 km southwest of Weißenburg in Bayern, and 45 km northeast of Donauwörth.

Subdivisions

In addition to the town itself, the municipality of Treuchtlingen today includes 53 hamlets and villages. The municipal territory is divided into 12 Ortsteile (including the town) and several hamlets:

Arms	Ortsteil	Localities included
20px	Treuchtlingen	Eulenhof, Gstadt, Heunischhof, Kästleinsmühle, Metzenhof, Möhrenberg, Sägmühle, Schertnershof, Schmarrmühle, Siebeneichhöfe, Ziegelhütte
20px	Auernheim	Freihardt, Hagenhof, Schlittenhart, Wieshof
	Bubenheim	none
	Dietfurt	Bergnershof
	Graben	none
	Grönhart	Hagenau, Naßwiesen, Neuheim
20px	Gundelsheim	none
	Haag	Dickmühle, Hürth, Mattenmühle, Neufang, Rutzenhof, Schürmühle, Steinbruch
20px	Möhren	Eichhof, Fuchsmühle, Spielhof
	Schambach	Bonhof, Kohlmühle, Lehnleinsmühle, Obere Papiermühle, Untere Papiermühle, Weinbergshof
20px	Wettelsheim	Dornmühle, Falbenthal, Kellerhaus, Ziegelmühle, Zollmühle
20px	Windischhausen	Oberheumödern, Unterheumödern

Government

Town twinning

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Treuchtlingen is twinned with:

• Ponsacco - Italy

Photogallery

• Treuchtlingen (Ringstraße).jpg

  Town centre at Ringstraße

• Treuchtlingen (Luitpoldstraße).jpg

  Town centre at Luitpoldstraße

• Burg Treuchtlingen 2.jpg

  Castle of Treuchtlingen (Obere Veste)

• Treuchtlingen - Burgruine.jpg

  Ruins of the castle

• Treuchtlingen Bahnhof.JPG

  Train station

• Treuchtlingen Mühle.JPG

  Old watermill in western suburb

• Burg Treuchtlingen 9.jpg

  Wood near Obere Veste

Notable people

• Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim (1594-1632), field marshal of the Holy Roman Emperor
• Albert Stöckl (1823-1895), priest and theologian
• Elkan Naumburg (1835-1924), German-American banker, philanthropist and musicologist
• de (b. 1946), writer

Bibliography

• Daniel Burger/Birgit Friedel: Burgen und Schlösser in Mittelfranken; ars vivendi verlag: Cadolzburg 2003; S. 125-128; ISBN 3-89716-379-9.
• Werner Somplatzki: Kirchen in Altmühlfranken; (Reihe Gelbe Taschenbuch-Führer); wek-Verlag: Treuchtlingen 1990; ISBN 978-3-924828-34-9; hier: S. 70-73 u. 76-85.
• Walter E. Keller: Treuchtlingen; (Reihe Gelbe Taschenbuch-Führer); wek-Verlag: Treuchtlingen/Berlin 2006; ISBN 978-3-934145-31-3.
• Walter E. Keller (Hrsg.): Das Dorf Schambach; wek-Verlag: Treuchtlingen 2002; ISBN 978-3-934145-15-3.
• Gotthard Kießling: Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen. (Denkmäler in Bayern, V 70/1); Munich 2000; ISBN 3-87490-581-0.

External links

• (German) Treuchtlingen official website
• (German) History of Treuchtlingen's coat of arms at HdBG