Babenhausen, Bavaria

Babenhausen

Coat of arms

Babenhausen

Location of Babenhausen within Unterallgäu district

Coordinates: 48°9′N 10°15′E / 48.150°N 10.250°ECoordinates: 48°9′N 10°15′E / 48.150°N 10.250°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Theo Lehner (CSU)

Area

• Total

27.23 km² (10.51 sq mi)

Population (2015-12-31)^[1]

• Total

5,488

• Density

200/km² (520/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

87727

08333

Website

www.babenhausen
-schwaben.de

Fugger Castle and Sankt Andreas Church overlooking Babenhausen.

Babenhausen is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany. It is seat of a municipal association with Egg an der Günz, Kettershausen, Kirchhaslach, Oberschönegg and Winterrieden. The view of Babenhausen is dominated by the Fugger castle, a local attraction with its museum, and the Sankt Andreas Church. It is also seat of the Fuggers, a merchant family from Augsburg, which played an important role during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

History

Babenhausen was first mentioned in a document related to a boundary conflict in 1237. Municipal rights can be tracked back to 1315, and in 1337, Emperor Ludwig IV. awarded the city with the town charter of Ulm. Babenhausen finally lost its municipal rights after the Rottweiler verdict in 1466. The castle and its lordship were purchased by Anton Fugger in 1539. Babenhausen became an Imperial Principality in 1803. As an effect of the Rheinbund act, the city was integrated into the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806. The castle is still today owned by the prince Fugger of Babenhausen.

Babenhausen was connected to the railway in 1894 (Illertalbahn), but local public transportation on this route was discontinued in 1964. The railway embankment now provides a bicycle path. Today the town is known as Markt Babenhausen.

Babenhausen and the Fugger Castle

Towns and municipalities in Unterallgäu

Amberg Apfeltrach Babenhausen Bad Grönenbach Bad Wörishofen Benningen Böhen Boos Breitenbrunn Buxheim Dirlewang Egg an der Günz Eppishausen Erkheim Ettringen Fellheim Hawangen Heimertingen Holzgünz Kammlach Kettershausen Kirchhaslach Kirchheim in Schwaben Kronburg Lachen Lauben Lautrach Legau Markt Rettenbach Markt Wald Memmingerberg Mindelheim Niederrieden Oberrieden Oberschönegg Ottobeuren Pfaffenhausen Pleß Rammingen Salgen Sontheim Stetten Trunkelsberg Türkheim Tussenhausen Ungerhausen Unteregg Westerheim Wiedergeltingen Winterrieden Wolfertschwenden Woringen

References

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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Babenhausen (Swabia).

Fugger – Official Fugger family website with information on the museum in Babenhausen (in German)

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