Aichach (;
Central Bavarian: ''Oacha'') is a
town
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in
Germany
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, located in the
Bundesland of
Bavaria
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and situated just northeast of
Augsburg
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. It is the capital of the
district
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of
Aichach-Friedberg. The municipality of Aichach counts some 20,000 inhabitants. It is not far from the
motorway that connects
Munich
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and
Stuttgart
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, 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:
* 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
Aichach is
twinned with:
*
Brixlegg, Austria
*
Gödöllő, Hungary
*
Schifferstadt, Germany
Notable people
*
Erhard Bühler (born 1956), major general
*
Christoph Burkhard (born 1984), footballer
*
Johannes Engel (1453–1512), doctor, astronomer and astrologer
[Ernst Zinner, E. Brown (translator) (1990)]
''Regiomontanus, His Life and Work''
Amsterdam; New York; Oxford; Tokyo: North-Holland (Elsevier). .
*
Matthias Greitter (1495–1550), cantor and composer
*
Chrislo Haas (1956–2004), musician
*
Vincenz Müller (1894–1961), officer of Reichswehr, Wehrmacht and NVA
References
External links
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{{Authority control
Aichach-Friedberg