Leipheim

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.

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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Wikidata facts

Population: 7661
Area: 32.15
Elevation: 470
Official website: www.leipheim.de
Image: Leipheim Schloss.jpg
Dialing code: 08221
Licence plate code: GZ

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Commons category: Leipheim
postal code: 89340
hashtag: Leipheim

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History
Economy
Volunteer Fire Brigade
Deutsche Lebensrettungsgesellschaft
Sons and daughters of the place
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== 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.