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Gunzenhausen (; ) is a town in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Altmühl, northwest of Weißenburg in Bayern, and southwest of Nuremberg. Gunzenhausen is a nationally recognized recreation area. It is noted as being at one end of part of The Limes Germanicus, a Roman border wall, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Key facts

German location.type
Stadt
German location.image_coa
DEU Gunzenhausen COA.svg
German location.image_photo
Gunzenhausen-Kirche-St-Maria.jpg
German location.image_caption
Protestant St. Mary's Church
German location.image_plan
Gunzenhausen in WUG.svg
German location.state
Bayern
German location.region
Mittelfranken
German location.district
Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen
German location.elevation
416
German location.area
82.72
German location.postal_code
91710
German location.area_code
09831
German location.licence
WUG, GUN
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
09 5 77 136
German location.divisions
14 Stadtteile
German location.website
gunzenhausen.de
German location.mayor
Karl-Heinz Fitz
German location.leader_term
2020–26

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Gunzenhausn
Country
Germany
Population
17237
Area
82.72
Elevation
416
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Wassertrüdingen
Official website
gunzenhausen.de
Image
Gunzenhausen-Blasturm.jpg
Dialing code
09836
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located in/on physical feature
Franconian Lake District
located on street
Bundesstraße 13
Commons category
Gunzenhausen
topic's main category
Category:Gunzenhausen
category of associated people
Category:People from Gunzenhausen
twinned administrative body
Isle
time of earliest written record
0822-11-30
postal code
91710
short name
Guz
hashtag
Gunzenhausen
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Gunzenhausen (; ) is a town in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Altmühl, northwest of Weißenburg in Bayern, and southwest of Nuremberg. Gunzenhausen is a nationally recognized recreation area. It is noted as being at one end of part of The Limes Germanicus, a Roman border wall, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

==History== Numerous excavations within the city of Gunzenhausen document that the area was occupied and there was a settlement in pre-historic time. In the year 90 the Romans expelled the Celts, occupied the inhabited areas north of the Danube, and expanded into the Gunzenhausen area. In the year 241 the Alemanni invaded the area and destroyed the fortress. A document from the year 823 supplies the first reliable written reference to Gunzenhausen.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gunzenhausen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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