Kipfenberg

Municipality in Bavaria, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Kipfenberg within Eichstätt district

(2020–26) Christian Wagner^[1] (SPD)Area

• Total81.43 km² (31.44 sq mi)Elevation

378 m (1,240 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total5,997 • Density74/km² (190/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

85110

Dialling codes08465Vehicle registrationEIWebsitewww.kipfenberg.de

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.^[3] Konrad Schumann (1942–1998), a former soldier for East Berlin hung himself in an orchard in Kipfenberg.

Communities

Community	Population
Kipfenberg	1709
Arnsberg	325
Attenzell	241
Biberg	348
Böhming	599
Buch	174
Dunsdorf	188
Grösdorf	356
Hirnstetten	179
Irlahüll	250
Kemathen	036
Krut	065
Oberemmendorf	110
Pfahldorf	431
Schambach	060
Schelldorf	564

Mayors

Years	Name	Party
1996–1996	Christian Weiß	CSU
1996–2014	Rainer Richter	SPD
since 2014	Christian Wagner	SPD

References

^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, accessed 19 July 2021.
^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) (Hilfe dazu).
^ 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.