Aichach

Aichach
Coat of arms
Aichach
Location of Aichach within Aichach-Friedberg district
Coordinates: 48°27′0″N 11°08′0″E / 48.45000°N 11.13333°ECoordinates: 48°27′0″N 11°08′0″E / 48.45000°N 11.13333°E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Schwaben
District	Aichach-Friedberg
Government
• Mayor	Klaus Habermann (SPD)
Area
• Total	92.97 km^2 (35.90 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	21,050
• Density	230/km^2 (590/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]) 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.

In 1997, it celebrated 650 years of town status.

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

References

1. "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). June 2016.

External links

• www.aichach.de — official website