From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Aichach
Aichach
Coordinates	48°27′0″N 11°08′0″E / 48.45°N 11.133333°E / 48.45; 11.133333
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Swabia
District	Aichach-Friedberg
Mayor	Klaus Habermann (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	92.97 km2 (35.90 sq mi)
Elevation	435-530 m
Population	20,887  (30 June 2005)
- Density	225 /km2 (582 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	AIC
Postal code	86551
Area code	08251
Website	www.aichach.de
Location of the town of Aichach within Aichach-Friedberg district

Aichach (German pronunciation: [ˈaɪçax]) is a town in Germany, located in the Bundesland of Bavaria and situated just northeast of Augsburg. It is the capital of the district of Aichach-Friedberg. The municipality of Aichach counts some 20,000 inhabitants. It isn't far from the motorway that connects Munich and Stuttgart, the A8. The local river is called Paar. Bavaria's only women's prison was established in Aichach in 1909.

History

Aichach's history dates back nearly 1000 years.

In 1997, it celebrated 650 years of town status.

Town twinning

Aichach is twinned with:

• Brixlegg, Austria
• Schifferstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
• Gödöllő, Hungary

External links

• www.aichach.de — official website

Towns and municipalities in Aichach-Friedberg Adelzhausen | Affing | Aichach | Aindling | Baar | Dasing | Eurasburg | Friedberg | Hollenbach | Inchenhofen | Kissing | Kühbach | Merching | Mering | Obergriesbach | Petersdorf | Pöttmes | Rehling | Ried | Schiltberg | Schmiechen | Sielenbach | Steindorf | Todtenweis