Diedorf

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Diedorf (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 48 ° 21 '  N , 10 ° 46'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Swabia
County :	augsburg
Height :	485 m above sea level NHN
Area :	33.25 km 2
Residents:	10,521 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	316 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	86420
Primaries :	08238, 0821
License plate :	A , SMÜ, WHO
Community key :	09 7 72 130
Market structure:	8 parts of the community
Market administration address :	Lindenstrasse 5 86420 Diedorf
Website :	www.markt-diedorf.de
First Mayor :	Peter Högg (We for Diedorf)
Location of the Diedorf market in the Augsburg district

Diedorf is a market in the Swabian district of Augsburg .

geography

location

The place is about eight kilometers west of Augsburg . The Schmutter flows through the municipality .

Community structure

There are eight officially named districts of Anhausen , Biburg , Diedorf, Hausen , Kreppen , Neudeck , Oggenhof and Willishausen . There are the districts of Diedorf, Anhausen, Biburg, Diedorf and Willishausen.

history

Until the church is planted

Diedorf was first mentioned in a document in 1056. The place was owned by the Lords of Diedorf until the 13th century, when they died out. In 1264 the Dominican convent of St. Katharina in Augsburg acquired the property and the bailiwick in Diedorf from Reichsmarschall Heinrich von Pappenheim and his wife. In 1579 the monastery described itself as the village lord. After secularization , the place came to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806 .

History from the 19th century

In 1860 Diedorf became an independent parish.

The community of Diedorf was raised to market on March 2, 1996.

The Schmuttertal-Gymnasium Diedorf has existed since 2010.

Incorporations

On May 1, 1978, the previously independent communities of Anhausen , Biburg and Willishausen were incorporated into the community of Diedorf.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018 the market grew from 7,600 to 10,469 by 2,869 inhabitants or 37.8%.

politics

Peter Högg (We for Diedorf) has been Mayor of Diedorf since 2014; he was re-elected on March 15, 2020 from a competitor with 53.4%. His predecessor was Otto Völk (1990-2014).

Allocation of seats in the 24-member market council (as of local elections 2020):

• We for Diedorf: 8 seats
• CSU : 7 seats
• Citizens' Union Diedorf: 2 seats
• SPD : 2 seats
• GREEN : 3 seats
• Free electoral association : 2 seats

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Split by red and silver with a lowered wavy bar split by silver and blue; at the front half a golden wheel with eight silver knives at the gap, at the back on a stem with two leaves a red heraldic rose with golden lugs. "

Attractions

The Diedorf observatory , which is supervised by an amateur astronomical association, is located on the premises of the primary and secondary school . There is also a piece of the Berlin Wall near the observatory.

Section of the Berlin Wall

Church building

There are four church buildings in Diedorf:

• Catholic Church of St. Bartholomew : built in 1736 in place of an earlier church; the basement of the old church tower comes from the previous building from the late Romanesque period. On the upper floor of the tower there are remains of medieval frescoes. Until 1967 St. Bartholomäus was the parish church, today it is a popular wedding church.

The Church of St. Bartholomew

• Catholic Church of the Heart of Mary : built according to the plans of the Mindelheim architect Josef Ruf and inaugurated in 1967. The floor plan of the church building corresponds to a curved circular arc that is modeled on the human heart. The tower, which tapers to the top, is 76 m high and can be seen from afar. It is one of the most striking buildings in the market town of Diedorf.
• Catholic chapel of St. Leonhard and Wolfgang : built in 1766; is right next to today's B 300. The building is attributed to the Augsburg court architect Ignaz Paulus. The frescoes inside were created by Fridolin Kohler, the painting St. Wolfgang u. St. Leonhard with the Mother of God is a work by Franz Joseph Maucher.
• Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Church : consecrated on December 4, 2005. Built in the modern style as a transparent round building with lots of glass surfaces. The church is located in the immediate vicinity of the Eukitea Theater on Lindenstrasse.

Also worth seeing is the so-called Lourdes grotto at the Bürgerpark. It is a foundation of the Kraus family from Diedorf and was inaugurated in 1908.

The Lourdes grotto in Diedorf

Michael Stöhr Mask Museum

The collection of the private “International Mask Museum” in Diedorf includes more than 5000 old, worn masks from all continents and cultures.

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Diedorf

traffic

On September 26, 1853, the Augsburg - Dinkelscherben section of the Augsburg-Ulm railway line opened as part of the Bavarian Maximiliansbahn , and on May 1, 1854, the entire Maximiliansbahn line from Ulm to Munich was finally completed. Today, the two-track Diedorf (Schwab) stop is served by the Fugger Express , which runs every hour as a regional express from Ulm to Munich and as a regional train from Dinkelscherben to Munich, so that there is a half-hourly service between Dinkelscherben and Munich.

The federal highway 300 also runs through Diedorf . Due to the high volume of traffic, the construction of a bypass parallel to the railway line has been planned for decades. A variant investigation is currently (as of October 2018) running.

education

A primary and secondary school as well as a grammar school are located in Diedorf .

economy

There are around 1000 traders, 300 of which have several employees. The largest companies based in Diedorf are:

• Kühl Group (disposal and recycling)
• Germ colors (manufacturer of silicate paints)
• Borscheid + Wenig (plastics processing automotive supplier)
• Kemmler building materials center
• Mayrhörmann car dealership
• Nussbaum Reisen (bus company)
• Proteco (event agency)
• Böhme event marketing
• Schüßler GmbH (earthmoving / transport)

Sons and daughters of the church

• Benedikt Abbt (1768–1847), theologian, Canon of the Diocese of Augsburg
• Bernhard Langer (* 1957), golf professional

Other personalities related to Diedorf

• Tina Schüßler (* 1974), boxer

Web links

Commons : Diedorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Local government
• Diedorf: Official statistics of the LfStat (PDF; 1.23 MB)

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. ↑ Municipal Council. Municipality of Diedorf, accessed on June 6, 2020 . 
3. ^ Community Diedorf in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bavarian State Library, accessed on August 19, 2019.
4. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 768 .
5. ^ Entry on the coat of arms of Diedorf  in the database of the House of Bavarian History
6. ↑ Information on the Michael Stöhr Mask Museum in Diedorf , requested on January 2, 2017.
7. ↑ Diedorf bypass: Is the next dead end coming? . Augsburger Allgemeine, published on October 18, 2018, accessed on May 19, 2019.
8. ↑ Markt Diedorf: Markt Diedorf | Our schools |. Retrieved November 25, 2017 .