Aichach
{{Infobox German location
|type = Stadt
|image_coa = DEU Aichach COA.svg
|image_photo = Aichach Unteres Tor.jpg
|image_caption = Town center
|coordinates = {{coord|48|27|N|11|08|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Aichach in AIC.svg
|state = Bayern
|region = Schwaben
|district = Aichach-Friedberg
|elevation = 435-530
|area = 92.97
|postal_code = 86551
|area_code = 08251
|licence = AIC
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 7 71 113
|mayor = Klaus Habermann[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
|leader_term = 2020–26
|party = SPD
|website = [http://www.aichach.de/ www.aichach.de]
}}
Aichach ({{IPA|de|ˈaɪçax|-|Aichach.ogg}}; Central Bavarian: Oacha) is a town in Germany, located in the Bundesland of Bavaria and situated just northeast of Augsburg. It is the capital of the district of Aichach-Friedberg. The municipality of Aichach counts some 20,000 inhabitants. It is not far from the motorway that connects Munich and Stuttgart, the A8. The local river is called Paar.
History
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
There are 40 parts of the municipality:{{Cite web |title=Aichach {{!}} bavarikon |url=https://www.bavarikon.de/object/odb:BSB-ODB_A00000553 |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=www.bavarikon.de}}{{Cite web |title=Ortsteile - Stadt Aichach, Landkreis Aichach-Friedberg - BayernPortal |url=http://www.bayernportal.de/dokumente/behoerde/59109064441/ortsteile |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=www.bayernportal.de |language=de}}
- 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
Since 1996: Klaus Habermann (born 1953) (SPD)
Twin towns – sister cities
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}
Aichach is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Städtepartnerschaften|url=https://www.aichach.de/Rathaus/Stadt-Aichach/Partnerst%C3%A4dte/|publisher=Aichach|language=de|access-date=2021-12-08}}
- {{flagicon|AUT}} Brixlegg, Austria
- {{flagicon|HUN}} Gödöllő, Hungary
- {{flagicon|GER}} Schifferstadt, Germany
Notable people
{{stack|File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-12190-0007, Berlin, Außerordentliche Volkskammersitzung.jpg}}
- Erhard Bühler (born 1956), major general
- Christoph Burkhard (born 1984), footballer
- Johannes Engel (1453–1512), doctor, astronomer and astrologerErnst Zinner, E. Brown (translator) (1990). [https://books.google.com/books?id=dMzSBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA144 Regiomontanus, His Life and Work]. Amsterdam; New York; Oxford; Tokyo: North-Holland (Elsevier). {{ISBN|044488792X}}.
- Matthias Greitter (1495–1550), cantor and composer
- Chrislo Haas (1956–2004), musician
- Vincenz Müller (1894–1961), officer of Reichswehr, Wehrmacht and NVA
References
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External links
- {{official|https://www.aichach.de/}}
{{Cities and towns in Aichach-Friedberg (district)}}
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