Aichach
Appearance
Aichach | |
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![]() Town center | |
Location of Aichach within Aichach-Friedberg district ![]() | |
Coordinates:48°27′N11°08′E/ 48.450°N 11.133°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Bavaria |
Admin. region | Schwaben |
District | Aichach-Friedberg |
Government | |
•Mayor(2020–26) | Klaus Habermann[1](SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 92.97 km2(35.90 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 530 m (1,740 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 435 m (1,427 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 21,908 |
• Density | 240/km2(610/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00(CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00(CEST) |
Postal codes | 86551 |
Dialling codes | 08251 |
Vehicle registration | AIC |
Website | aichach.de |
Aichach(German pronunciation:[ˈaɪçax] ;Central Bavarian:Oacha) is atowninGermany,located in theBundeslandofBavariaand situated just northeast ofAugsburg.It is the capital of thedistrictofAichach-Friedberg.The municipality of Aichach counts some 20,000 inhabitants. It is not far from themotorwaythat connectsMunichandStuttgart,theA8.The local river is calledPaar.
History
[edit]Aichach's history dates back nearly 1000 years.
A prison for women was established in Aichach in 1909. In 1967,Ilse Koch,also known as The Witch of Buchenwald, committed suicide here.
Parish parts
[edit]There are 40 parts of the municipality:[3][4]
- Aich (chapel)
- Aichach (main town)
- Aichach (railway station)
- Algertshausen (Kirchdorf)
- Andersbach (wasteland)
- Blumenthal (hamlet)
- Ecknach (Pfarrdorf)
- Edenried (Kirchdorf)
- Eitershofen (wasteland)
- Frogham (Wasteland)
- Gallenbach (parish village)
- Gansbach (wasteland)
- Griesbeckerzell (parish village)
- Hiesling (village)
- courtyard garden (village)
- Ippertshausen (hamlet)
- Blades (parish village)
- Knottenried (wasteland)
- Matzenberg (wasteland)
- Neuhausen (hamlet)
- Neulhof (upper) (hamlet)
- Neulhof (lower) (wasteland)
- Neumuehle (hamlet)
- Nisselsbach (wasteland)
- Oberbernbach (parish village)
- Obermauerbach (parish village)
- Oberschneitbach (Kirchdorf)
- Oberwittelsbach (parish village)
- Röckerszell (wasteland)
- Sulzbach (parish village)
- Potting Mill (Wasteland)
- Untergriesbach (village)
- Untermauerbach (Kirchdorf)
- Untermühle (Wasteland)
- Unterschneitbach (Kirchdorf)
- Unterwittelsbach (village)
- Walchshofen
- Wilpersberg (wasteland)
- Windten (Wasteland)
- Wöresbach (wasteland)
Mayor
[edit]Since 1996: Klaus Habermann (born 1953) (SPD)
Twin towns – sister cities
[edit]Brixlegg,Austria
Gödöllő,Hungary
Schifferstadt,Germany
Notable people
[edit]- Erhard Bühler(born 1956), major general
- Christoph Burkhard(born 1984), footballer
- Johannes Engel(1453–1512), doctor, astronomer and astrologer[6]
- Matthias Greitter(1495–1550), cantor and composer
- Chrislo Haas(1956–2004), musician
- Vincenz Müller(1894–1961), officer of Reichswehr, Wehrmacht and NVA
References
[edit]- ^Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden,Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik,15 July 2021.
- ^Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag(Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
- ^"Aichach | bavarikon".bavarikon.de.Retrieved2023-07-12.
- ^"Ortsteile - Stadt Aichach, Landkreis Aichach-Friedberg - BayernPortal".bayernportal.de(in German).Retrieved2023-07-12.
- ^"Städtepartnerschaften"(in German). Aichach.Retrieved2021-12-08.
- ^Ernst Zinner, E. Brown (translator) (1990).Regiomontanus, His Life and Work.Amsterdam; New York; Oxford; Tokyo: North-Holland (Elsevier).ISBN044488792X.