Leipheim
Sign in to saveLeipheim (; Swabian: Leiba) is a town in the district of Günzburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the Danube, west of Günzburg, and northeast of Ulm. The village Riedheim and the hamlet Weissingen are districts of Leipheim. Since 1993, Leipheim has been twinned with the Hungarian town Fonyód.
Key facts
- German location.name
- Leipheim
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Leipheim COA.svg
- German location.image_photo
- Leipheim - Schloss.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Castle in Leipheim
- German location.image_plan
- Leipheim in GZ.svg
- German location.state
- Bavaria
- German location.region
- Schwaben
- German location.district
- Günzburg
- German location.elevation
- 470
- German location.area
- 32.15
- German location.postal_code
- 89340
- German location.area_code
- 08221
- German location.licence
- GZ
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 09 7 74 155
- German location.website
- www.leipheim.de
- German location.mayor
- Christian Konrad
- German location.leader_term
- 2020–26
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- History
- Economy
- Volunteer Fire Brigade
- Deutsche Lebensrettungsgesellschaft
- Sons and daughters of the place
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Leipheim (; Swabian: Leiba) is a town in the district of Günzburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the Danube, west of Günzburg, and northeast of Ulm. The village Riedheim and the hamlet Weissingen are districts of Leipheim. Since 1993, Leipheim has been twinned with the Hungarian town Fonyód.
== History == Between 1270 and 1373, Leipheim was owned by the family of Güß von Güssenberg who arranged for it to be granted market privileges in 1327 and town privileges in 1330 through Louis IV (Ludwig the Bavarian). In 1343, ownership was transferred to the Count of Württemberg. In 1453, the Free Imperial City of Ulm purchased the town from Count Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg for 23,000 Gulden. When Ulm converted to Protestantism in 1531, Leipheim officially turned Protestant as well.