Aichach

Aichach
Aichach
	Town center
	Coat of arms
	Location of Aichach within Aichach-Friedberg district
	Aichach Aichach
	Coordinates: 48°27′0″N 11°08′0″E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Schwaben
District	Aichach-Friedberg
Government
• Mayor	Klaus Habermann (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 (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	21,434
• Density	230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	86551
Dialling codes	08251
Vehicle registration	AIC
Website	www.aichach.de

Aichach (German pronunciation: [ˈaɪçax] (listen)) 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. Bavaria's only women's prison was established in Aichach in 1909.

History

Aichach's history dates back nearly 1000 years.

Mayor

Since 1996: Klaus Habermann (* 1953) (SPD)

Town twinning

Aichach is twinned with:

Brixlegg, Austria
Schifferstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Gödöllő, Hungary

Sons and daughters of the town

Vinzenz Müller 1951 speaking Volkskammer Berlin

Matthias Greitter (1495–1550), cantor and composer
Franz Beck (1846–1918), member of parliament and mayor of the city
Vincenz Müller (1894–1961), officer of Reichswehr, Wehrmacht and NVA
Rudolf Wagner (1937–2012), a teacher, local historian and archivist
Chrislo Haas (1956–2004), musician
Erhard Bühler (born 1956), major general
Harry Blank (born 1968), actor
Christoph Burkhard (born 1984), German footballer
Johannes Engel (1453-1512), also known as Johannes Angelus, was a doctor, astronomer and astrologer[2]

References

"Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2019.
Ernst Zinner, E. Brown (translator) (1990). Regiomontanus, His Life and Work. Amsterdam; New York; Oxford; Tokyo: North-Holland (Elsevier). ISBN 044488792X.

External links

www.aichach.de — official website

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[1] "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2019.

[2] Ernst Zinner, E. Brown (translator) (1990). Regiomontanus, His Life and Work. Amsterdam; New York; Oxford; Tokyo: North-Holland (Elsevier). ISBN 044488792X.