Kissing is a municipality in the
Aichach-Friedberg district, in
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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. It is located just 10 km (6.2 mi) south of
Augsburg
Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ' ...
and has about 11,200 inhabitants (2007).
Kissing was first mentioned in a document in 1050 AD as ''Chissingin'', it was a minor regional centre of rule and jurisdiction called a '. In even earlier times, around 500, there was a
thing hill nearby, which was later swept away by the floods of the river
Lech.
The surname Kissinger (as in
Henry Kissinger
Henry Alfred Kissinger (; ; born Heinz Alfred Kissinger, May 27, 1923) is a German-born American politician, diplomat, and geopolitical consultant who served as United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presid ...
) means inhabitant of Kissing or
Kissingen
Bad Kissingen is a German spa town in the Bavarian region of Lower Franconia and seat of the district Bad Kissingen. Situated to the south of the Rhön Mountains on the Franconian Saale river, it is one of the health resorts, which beca ...
.
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