Landkreis Aichach-Friedberg

Geography

The landkreis is in the east of Augsburg. The river Lech form in major part the limit enters the two territories. The principal river of the landkreis is the Paar, which runs out of south-west towards the North-East of the landkreis and on which is Friedberg and Aichach.

The landkreis of Aichach-Friedberg is mainly rural, the only urban centres are Friedberg, Aichach and Dasing like Mering and Kissing in the south of the territory. Concurrently to these cities or communes, exist only small villages even very small.

The landkreis is still indicated like " Ground of the Wittelsbach " (Wittelsbacher Land), because it is in this place that one of the cradles of the family of Wittelsbach is. Still today, it is possible to visit the ruins of a strong castle and a church seigneuriale set up by the family in the district of Oberwittelsbach in the town of Aichach.

Economy

The saving in this landkreis dominated by agriculture, is based on a whole series of small and medium-size companies innovating like on many craftsmen. The situation of the landkreis in the center of the economic area Munich-Augsburg-Ingolstadt brings an advantage essential with the economy of the territory.

Transport

Since 1840, the landkreis is crossed in its southern part by a railway, it acts of the line connecting Munich to Augsburg. In 1898, a line on the basis of Mering joint the Munich-Augsburg line with Weilheim.

The northern part of the landkreis was served by the train thanks to the line connecting Augsburg to Ingolstadt. Thus the two main cities, Aichach and Friedberg were connected to the German rail network. Since any change in the railway service road did not take place.

As for the highway network, the main roads are A8 and the trunk road 300 (B300).

The area is served by the airport of Augsburg.

History

Archaeological discoveries show that the landkreis has been populated for at least a millenium. Many remainders of weapons found on the territory show that took place of many armed conflicts.

At the time Roman, the landkreis was in some kinds the barn of Augusta Vindelicorum, the capital of the Roman of Rétie and current Province Augsburg. There was then, above all, of the farms which supplied the city, he was also to be villas belonging to the rich person inhabitants of the capital.

From the end of the Roman domination in Rétie (fine of Xe - beginning of the 11th century), the Allamans and the Bayouvates colonize the area of current the landkreis. The first hard copy of the existence of a commune of the landkreis relates to Adelzhausen, which is called Adalhemelshusir in 782.

In 1124, the count Othon V of Scheyern moves the family seat of the strong castle of Scheyern close to Dachau to the strong castle of Wittelsbach close to Aichach. The then known family under the name of Wittelsbach gained in 1180 the title of duke of Wittelsbach and governs Bavaria until 1918. The castle strong itself was destroyed since 1208. Remain today on the site of the borough only one stone commémoratove.

The strong castle of Friedberg was set up in 1264 in order to raise a tax carriage on Lech. There too, there remain nothing the castle, which was destroyed by a fire at the 16th century.

DER heutige Landkreis war aufgrund seiner Grenzlage amndt Lech und seiner Nachbarschaft zur Freien Reichsstadt Augsburg häufig Schauplatz erbitterter Kämpfe, so z.B 1420, im Dreißigjährigen Krieg oder im 18. Jahrhundert unter den beiden Erbfolgekrieg in und später den französischen Revolutionskrieg in.

Das Kreisgebiet gliederte sich ursprünglich in die Landgerichte Aichach, Friedberg und Mering. Nach der Vereinigung Friedbergs und Merings (1799) und den Verwaltungsreformen of the frühen 19. Jahrhunderts gehörte Friedberg ab 1817 zum Isarkreis (Hauptstadt München), Aichach put dem benachbarten Rain amndt Lech zum Oberdonaukreis (Hauptstadt Augsburg). 1837 kamen Friedberg, Aichach und Rain zu Oberbayern. Aichach und Rain wurden 1862 zum Bezirksamt Aichach vereinigt, aus dem Landgericht Friedberg entstand das Bezirksamt Friedberg. 1880 wurde der Gerichtsbezirk Rain von Aichach abgetrennt und dem Bezirksamt Neuburg a.d.Donau zugeordnet.

1939 erfolgte die Umbenennung DER bayerischen Bezirksämter in Landkreise. DER Landkreis Friedberg wurde 1944 dem Regierungsbezirk Schwaben zugeteilt. 1972 kam auch DER überwiegende Teil of Landkreises Aichach nach Schwaben, wo er put dem Landkreis Friedberg sowie einzelnen Gemeinden angrenzender Landkreise zum (provisorischen) " Landkreis Augsburg-Ost" vereinigt wurde. 1973 entschied sich DER Kreistag dafür, den Sitz of the Landratsamt be nach Aichach zu verlegen, und gab dem Landkreis seinen endgültigen Namen Landkreis Aichach-Friedberg .

Evolution of the population since 1840

Many inhabitants for the corresponding dates.

Blazon

Description

Under a heading with the colors of Bavaria (blue checkerwork and white), are two columns, a money on the right and a red on the left. In that of right-hand side a sheet of holm oak appears and in that of left a cross of Saint Ulrich. The blazon of the landkreis exists since December 10th, 1975.

Significance

The sheet of oak comes from the blazon of Aichach. The cross of Ulrich Saint is reproduced on the weapons of Friedberg. The heading with the Bavarian colors symbolizes the presence of Wittelsbach in the landkreis.

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