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Aiglsbach is a town and
Aiglsbach was first recorded as a settlement in 864, with alternative names recorded as ''Agelspach'' (ca. 1145), ''Ailgilspach'' (ca. 1190) and ''Egilspach'' (ca. 1160). The name likely derives from a given name such as ''Agil'', ''Egil'', ''Aigil'' or ''Eigil'', while ''bach'' refers to a stream. The town belonged to the taxation district of Munich and to the administrative district of Mainburg in the Electorate of Bavaria. Administrative reform in the Kingdom of Bavaria led in 1818 to the creation of the municipality as it is today, the official spelling being changed in 1911 from ''Aigelsbach'' to ''Aiglsbach''.
The name of Eichelsbach, a settlement within the municipality of Elsenfeld in the Bavarian
municipality
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in the Lower Bavaria
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n district of Kelheim
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, Germany
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, and a member of the Mainburg administrative partnership, a voluntary resource-pooling agreement with three neighbouring municipalities.
Geography
Aiglsbach lies betweenRegensburg
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and Munich
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, and between Ingolstadt
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and Landshut
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. The municipality comprises the following settlements: Aiglsbach, Berghausen, Gasseltshausen, Oberpindhart, Pöbenhausen, Radertshausen, Buch, Haselbuch, Gerblhäuser, Straßberg, Lindach and Moosham.
History
Aiglsbach was first recorded as a settlement in 864, with alternative names recorded as ''Agelspach'' (ca. 1145), ''Ailgilspach'' (ca. 1190) and ''Egilspach'' (ca. 1160). The name likely derives from a given name such as ''Agil'', ''Egil'', ''Aigil'' or ''Eigil'', while ''bach'' refers to a stream. The town belonged to the taxation district of Munich and to the administrative district of Mainburg in the Electorate of Bavaria. Administrative reform in the Kingdom of Bavaria led in 1818 to the creation of the municipality as it is today, the official spelling being changed in 1911 from ''Aigelsbach'' to ''Aiglsbach''.
The name of Eichelsbach, a settlement within the municipality of Elsenfeld in the Bavarian Spessart
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in Lower Franconia
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is also sometimes spelled ''Egilespach''. Aigil or Egil was a common name in the Middle Ages, and Eichelsbach in the Spessart is thought to have been named after an abbot named Aigil, of a monastery near Fulda
Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the city hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival.
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Population
In 1970 there were 1,216 residents recorded; in 1987 1,331; 2000 1,546; and in 2004 1,654.Politics
The mayor of the municipality is Josef Hillerbrand of the Christian Socialists, who was elected in 2002 replacing Martin Kiemeyer, also Christian Socialist.Culture and sightseeing
The main tourist attraction in the area is the thirteenth century romanesque Church of Our Lady (''Unsere Liebe Frau'') in Gasseltshausen.Notable residents
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