Gersthofen

Gersthofen is a town in the district of Augsburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the west bank of the river Lech, approx. 7 km north of Augsburg.

Gersthofen is divided into five districts (German: Stadtteile): Batzenhofen, Edenbergen (with Gailenbach and Gailenbacher Mühle), Gersthofen, Hirblingen, and Rettenbergen (with Peterhof).

Mayors

 * Josef Helmschrott (CSU): 1947-1952
 * Georg Wendler (independent): 1952-1967
 * Karl J. Weiß: (CSU): 1967-1984
 * Siegfried Deffner (CSU): 1984-2008
 * Jürgen Schantin (W.I.R., till 2013 CSU): 2008-2014
 * since May 2014: Michael Wörle (independent)

Born in Gersthofen

 * Hans Erdmenger (1903-1943), marine officer in the second World War
 * Michael Martin (born 1948), photographer, geographer and author

People related to Gersthofen

 * Auguste Piccard (1884-1962), Swiss scientist, physicist and explorer. Piccard started off in 1931 near Gersthofen with his Stratosphere - balloon to a research flight into Higher Air Layers. During this flight he and his assistant Paul Kipfer first reached an altitude of 15,781 meters.