page_title: Gunzenhausen
section_title: Local notables
hierarchical_section_title: Gunzenhausen / Local notables
caption_attribution_description: Geburtshaus Wilhelm Stählin, Inschrift
context_page_description: Gunzenhausen is a town in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Altmühl, 19 kilometres northwest of Weißenburg in Bayern, and 45 kilometres 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.
context_section_description: Andreas Osiander (1498-1552), Lutheran theologian and Christian mystic
  Adam Neuser (c. 1530-1576), Protestant pastor of Heidelberg who held Antitrinitarian views; was imprisoned, escaped, and later converted to Islam
  Simon Marius (1573-1625), astronomer who gave the names to the Jovian satellites Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto
  August Richter (1831-1907), Wisconsin businessman and politician
  Wilhelm Stählin (1883-1975), Lutheran theologian, bishop, preacher and one of the major initiators of the Liturgical Movement in German Protestantism in the 20th century
  Otto Willi Gail (1896-1956), science journalist and science fiction author
  Karl Rettlinger (1913-1990), Sturmbannführer (Major) in the Waffen-SS
  Karl Eiden (1917-1987), Leutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II
  Günter Heimbeck (b. 1946), a German–Namibian retired professor of mathematics best known for his contributions to geometry
caption: Birth house Wilhelm Stählin
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