Aichach (;
Central Bavarian
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: ''Oacha'') is a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an o ...
in
Germany
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, located in the
Bundesland of
Bavaria
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and situated just northeast 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 ' ...
. It is the capital of the
district
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of
Aichach-Friedberg
Aichach-Friedberg is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the northwest and clockwise) the districts of Augsburg, Donau-Ries, Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Pfaffenhofen, Dachau, Fürstenfeldbruck and Landsberg ...
. The municipality of Aichach counts some 20,000 inhabitants. It is not far from the
motorway
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that connects
Munich
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and
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the Sw ...
, the
A8. The local river is called
Paar. A prison for women Bavaria was established in Aichach in 1909. In 1967
Ilse Koch who is known as
The Witch of Buchenwald
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committed suicide here .
History
Aichach's history dates back nearly 1000 years.
Mayor
Since 1996: Klaus Habermann (* 1953) (SPD)
Twin towns – sister cities
Aichach is
twinned with:
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Brixlegg
Brixlegg is a market town (since 1927) in the Kufstein district in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The town lies in the Lower Inn Valley and at the entrance of the Alpbachtal.
Neighbouring municipalities
Alpbach, Kramsach, Radfeld, Rattenberg, R ...
, Austria
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Gödöllő, Hungary
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Schifferstadt
Schifferstadt ( pfl, Schiwwerschdadd, ''Schiffaschdad'', or ''Schiwwerschdadt'') is a town in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. If not including Ludwigshafen (the district free city that is the capital of Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis ...
, Germany
Notable people
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Erhard Bühler
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(born 1956), major general
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Christoph Burkhard
Christoph Burkhard (born 19 November 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Career
Burkhard was born in Aichach. He made his professional debut in the 2. Bundesliga for TSV 1860 Munich on 18 August 2006 comi ...
(born 1984), footballer
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Johannes Engel
Johannes Engel (2 March 1453 – 29 September 1512), also known as Johannes Angelus, was a doctor, astronomer and astrologer from Aichach, near Augsburg, which at that time was a Free Imperial City within the Holy Roman Empire. He practiced me ...
(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). .
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Matthias Greitter
Matthias Greitter, also Matthäus Greiter, (ca. 1495 – 20 December 1550) was a German priest, cantor and composer.
Life
Greitter was born in Aichach. He became priest and cantor at Strasbourg Cathedral. In 1524 he joined the new Reformed Ch ...
(1495–1550), cantor and composer
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Chrislo Haas
Christian Ludwig "Chrislo" Haas (16 November 1956 – 23 October 2004) was a West German Neue Deutsche Welle musician best known as a member of Liaisons Dangereuses and a founding member of Minus Delta t, D.A.F and Der Plan, and also as a mem ...
(1956–2004), musician
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Vincenz Müller (1894–1961), officer of Reichswehr, Wehrmacht and NVA
References
External links
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