Aham

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Aham
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Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '  N , 12 ° 28'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Lower Bavaria
County : Landshut
Management Community : Gerzen
Height : 420 m above sea level NHN
Area : 38.02 km 2
Residents: 1916 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 50 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 84168
Area code : 08744
License plate : LA , MAY , MAL , ROL , VIB
Community key : 09 2 74 112
LOCODE : DE AH2
Community structure: 72 districts
Association administration address: Rathausplatz 1
84175 Gerzen
Website : www.gemeinde-aham.de
Mayor : Jens Herrnreiter, 1st Mayor ( Free Voters )
Location of the municipality of Aham in the Landshut district
Adlkofen Aham Altdorf Altfraunhofen Baierbach Bayerbach bei Ergoldsbach Bodenkirchen Bruckberg Buch a.Erlbach Eching Ergolding Ergoldsbach Essenbach Furth Geisenhausen Gerzen Hohenthann Kröning Kumhausen Neufahrn Neufraunhofen Niederaichbach Obersüßbach Pfeffenhausen Postau Rottenburg a.d.Laaber Schalkham Tiefenbach Velden Vilsbiburg Vilsheim Weihmichl Weng Wörth a.d.Isar Wurmsham Landshut Landkreis Dingolfing-Landau Landkreis Erding Landkreis Freising Landkreis Kelheim Landkreis Mühldorf am Inn Landkreis Regensburg Landkreis Rottal-Inn Landkreis Straubing-Bogenmap
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The branch church of St. Giles

Aham is a municipality in the Lower Bavarian district of Landshut and a member of the Gerzen administrative community .

geography

Geographical location

Aham is located in the valley of the Vils about 25 kilometers east of Landshut , 16 kilometers south of Dingolfing and 12 kilometers northeast of Vilsbiburg .

Neighboring communities

Community structure

The municipality has 73 officially named districts:

There are the districts of Aham, Loizenkirchen and Neuhausen.

history

Until the church is planted

In Aham, a moated castle on the Vils was built as early as 900 to protect against the Hungarian invasions . The church village of Aham was first mentioned in a document around 1125 under the name Aheheim . This settlement name refers to a flowing body of water, Ahe , and means something like "home on the river". Ahaim Castle is occupied until at least 1579. Aham belonged to the Counts of Lerchenfeld . The place was part of the Electorate of Bavaria and formed a closed Hofmark , whose seat was Aham. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria , today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 . In addition to Aham, the places Dreifaltigkeit, Eichmühle, Erling, Ernstgraben, Ferchenstauden, Fürst, Haarpoint, Högl, Kalteis, Lamprechtsöd, Nöham, Oberhausenthal, Oed, Rehpoint, Reithannerl, Schafhausen, Schweibing, Sichartsreit, Sommerauweber, Steinberg, Thalham, Thalmann, Unterhausenthal belonged , Wolfsgrub and Ziegelstadel to the community. At the same time a patrimonial court was established in Aham . In 1833 Maximilian Graf von Montgelas , the once powerful minister of King Max I , bought the former Hofmark, whose castle was owned by the family until 2009. Montgelas himself was buried in the crypt of Aham Castle after his death in 1838. The last remnants of the aristocracy were abolished in the revolution of 1848 .

Incorporations

Today's municipality of Aham was created on April 1, 1971 in the course of the municipal reform through the merger of the municipalities of Aham, Loizenkirchen and Neuhausen .

Residents

According to the Bavarian State Office for Statistics , the population figures developed as follows on December 31 of each year:

was standing Residents
1960 1706
1970 1640
1980 1711
1990 1877
1995 1963
was standing Residents
2000 1965
2005 1941
2010 1906
2015 1958

Since 1972, the year of the municipal reform, the population has increased by 311 people or 18.88 percent until 2015.

Age structure of the population of Aham according to the 2011 census
Age Residents by age
younger than 18 17.8%
18 to 29 15.1%
30 to 49 26.8%
50 to 64 21.8%
older than 65 18.5%

politics

Local election 2014
Turnout: 74.1%
(2008: 67.7%)
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
47.1%
34.7%
18.1%
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Gains and losses
compared to 2008
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 14th
 12
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-10
+ 15.0  % p
-6.0  % p
-9.0  % p
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Remarks:
c Citizens list

Eight months after the end of the war, the first municipal elections (municipal council elections) took place in the municipalities of Bavaria on January 27, 1946. In April and May 1946 the first elections for mayors, district administrators and district assemblies followed. In 2006 the 60th anniversary was celebrated.

The Aham Congregation is a member of the following special-purpose associations:

  • Water maintenance association Landshut-Kelheim-Dingolfing-Landau
  • Regional planning association Landshut
  • School Association Gerzen
  • Aham-Gerzen-Schalkham association for child education and care
  • Water supply association Isar-Vils
  • Association for water supply Mittlere Vils

Aham is part of the Gerzen administrative community.

mayor

Until 2014 this office was held by Elisabeth Kobold ( CSU ). She was confirmed in office in the 2008 local elections. Jens Herrnreiter ( Free Voters ) was elected as his successor in the local elections on March 16, 2014 .

Former mayors:

Term of office mayor
until 2014 Elisabeth Kobold

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of twelve people. The 2014 local elections resulted in the following distribution of seats in the local council:

In the municipal council election, 1574 (1552) citizens were entitled to vote. 1166 (1051) of them took part as voters, which corresponds to a voter turnout of 74.1 (67.6) percent. 1143 (1021) valid and 23 (30) invalid votes were cast.

The next local elections will take place in 2020.

Culture and sights

The late Gothic branch church of St. Giles in the parish of Loizenkirchen from the 15th century was changed in the 19th century in the neo-Gothic style. Some tombs are from the 16th and 17th centuries. Century.

The medieval moated castle was redesigned in the 16th to 18th centuries. It had been in the possession of the Counts of Montgelas since 1833 and was not open to the public. It was sold in 2009, and after being completely renovated, it has been used as a restaurant since January 1, 2012.

Architectural monuments

Economy and Infrastructure

In 1998 there were 117 in the manufacturing sector and twelve in the trade and transport sector at the place of work. In other economic sectors this value was 27 people. There were 641 employees at the place of residence. In the manufacturing industry (as well as mining and quarrying of stones and earth) there were none, in the main construction trade there were four companies.

As a result of a corresponding assessment of the economic strength of the municipality of Aham, the key allocations rose by 70.4 percent from 317,972 euros in 2019 to 541,820 euros for 2020.

Key assignments
in euros
Assignments to year
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Aham Parish 519.352 394,564 565,416 255.764 317,972 541.820

Agriculture and Forestry

In 1998 there were nine employees subject to social insurance contributions in the field of agriculture and forestry. In addition, in 1999 there were 100 farms with an agriculturally used area of ​​2,684 ha. Of this, 2,206 ha were arable land and 477 ha were permanent green space.

Farm size structure in agriculture
Farm size in ha Number of establishments
1999 2010
under 5 10 2
5 to under 10 14th 6th
10 to under 20 21st 14th
20 to under 50 43 31
50 or more 12 21st
total 100 74

Livestock farming is a major part of agricultural production in Aham parish. In 1999 pig and cattle farming still had comparable sizes. From 1999 to 2010 the keeping of cattle declined by 9.65 percent, while the number of pigs increased by 57 percent. However, the proportion of dairy cattle has increased slightly. The proportion of chickens and sheep also increased by 62 percent and 162 percent, respectively.

Livestock in the Aham parish
Animal species number
1999 2010
Bovine 5,752 5,197
Dairy cows
(already included in the total number of cattle) 		771 811
Total pigs 6,557 10,323
Total chickens 36,862 59,831
Sheep 282 738

Living and building

Standard land values ​​2011/2012
District Residential
areas designated
building areas 		unplanned
interior 		designated
commercial
building areas 		Farmland
Aham 80 € 80 € 35 € € 5.50
Loizenkirchen 80 € 80 € 35 € € 5.50

education

In 1999 the following institutions existed:

  • Kindergartens: 46 kindergarten places with 57 children
  • Primary schools: 1 with 4 teachers and 113 students

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Aham  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Aheim in the Topographia Bavariae (Matthäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
  2. ^ Gerzen administrative community: Town Hall> Administration> Contact. 1. Mayor Herrnreiter Jens. Retrieved May 9, 2020 .
  3. ↑ List of localities in the Landshut district. Landshut district, March 7, 2017, accessed on January 21, 2018 .
  4. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 585 .
  5. ↑ Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing: People by age (5 age groups) for Aham (district: Landshut, district) - in% - . Online at results.zensus2011.de. Retrieved April 26, 2014
  6. ↑ a b Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing: Results for individual communities, districts, administrative districts and Bavaria. - 2008. Online at statistikdaten.bayern.de, accessed on April 2, 2014
  7. ↑ a b c d Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Gerzen / Aham municipality: Municipal elections 2014 March 16, 2014 - Compilation of the results of the mayoral election and the municipal council election ( Memento from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) PDF. Online at gerzen.de, accessed on April 2, 2014
  8. ↑ INFORMATION (To all households!); Published by the Adlkofen municipality, No. XX / 04 - 2006
  9. ↑ Bavarian Authority Guide - Aham: Memberships in special-purpose associations , online at www.verwaltungsservice.bayern.de, accessed on November 2, 2019
  10. ↑ Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing: First Mayor / Lord Mayor in district communities . Online at statistikdaten.bayern.de, accessed on April 2, 2014
  11. ↑ Landshuter Zeitung: Vitamin injection for financially weak municipalities, December 12, 2015
  12. ↑ Landshuter Zeitung: Key allocations 2017 of the municipalities, December 17, 2016
  13. ↑ Landshuter Zeitung: Key assignments 2018, January 20, 2018
  14. ↑ Landshuter Zeitung: Key assignments 2019, February 15, 2019
  15. ↑ Landshuter Zeitung: Strong financial injection for the region, December 13, 2019
  16. ↑ Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing: Statistics communal 2015 - A selection of important statistical data for the community of Aham 09 274 112 . PDF. Online at www.statistik.bayern.de, accessed on November 5, 2016
  17. ^ Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing: Statistics communal 2013 - A selection of important statistical data for the community of Aham 09 274 112 . PDF. Online at www.statistik.bayern.de. Retrieved August 29, 2015
  18. ↑ Landratsamt Landshut (expert committee): List of standard land values ​​for the calendar years 2011 and 2012 . Online at landkreis-landshut.de. Retrieved December 16, 2014