Erdweg

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Bavaria
County :	Dachau
Height :	500 m above sea level NHN
Area :	36.06 km 2
Residents:	6100 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	169 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	85253
Area code :	08138
License plate :	DAH
Community key :	09 1 74 118
Community structure:	17 parts of the community
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Rathausplatz 1 ; 85253 Erdweg
Website :	www.erdweg.de
Mayor :	Christian Blatt ( CSU )
Location of the municipality Erdweg in the district of Dachau

Erdweg is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Dachau .

geography

location

The main town is about ten kilometers northwest of Dachau , about fifteen kilometers southeast of Aichach and about six kilometers north of the federal motorway 8 (junction Odelzhausen and Sulzemoos ). Steindlbach, Waldbach and Zeitlbach flow into the river Glonn in Erdweg .

Community structure

There are 17 officially named parts of the municipality (the type of settlement is given in brackets ):

Altstetten ( wasteland )
Bogenried (wasteland)
Fire (wasteland)
Eisenhofen ( Kirchdorf )
Erdweg (Kirchdorf)
Großberghofen (Kirchdorf)

Guggenberg ( village )
Happach (wasteland)
Courtyard (village)
Kleinberghofen ( parish village )
Langengern (village)
Oberhandenzhofen (village)

Petersberg (Kirchdorf)
Schluttenberg (village)
Unterweikertshofen (Kirchdorf)
Walkertshofen (parish village)
Welshofen (parish village)

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018 the community grew from 4,102 to 5,991 by 1,889 inhabitants or 46.1%.

politics

Reorganization of the community

The community was newly formed on July 1, 1972 from the communities Eisenhofen, Großberghofen, Unterweikertshofen and Welshofen belonging to the district of Dachau and the community of Kleinberghofen from the district of Aichach .

The name of the new municipality was taken over from the village of Erdweg, which was originally just a hamlet , but was recently the second largest part of the previous municipality of Großberghofen .

Municipal council

The municipal council has 20 members. The local elections on March 16, 2014 led to the following result with a turnout of 63.1%:

total	100%	20th
Party / list	Share of votes	Seats
CSU	24.2%	5
SPD	05.6%	1
Non-partisan voter community Eisenhofen	12.9%	3
Free voter community Kleinberghofen	9.9%	2
Free voters	21.3%	4th
Großberghofen voter community	10.3%	2
Voting community Unterweikertshofen	08.3%	2
Free voter group Welshofen	07.6%	1

mayor

Mayor has been Christian Blatt (CSU) since 2017, who prevailed against two competitors with 62.0% of the votes. His predecessor Georg Osterauer (Free Voters) died unexpectedly.

coat of arms

In 1972 the community took over the coat of arms awarded to the community Großberghofen in 1956: In blue above a golden zigzag bar the silver Romanesque basilica Petersberg in choir view.

Culture and sights

Basilica of St. Peter and Paul (Petersberg) (view from the southeast)

Hofmarktaverne : stately saddle roof building with dovetail pinnacles, 15th / 16th centuries and 19th century;
Großberghofen Hutter Museum
Parish center St. Paulus: The parish center with church service room was built in 1973 as part of the foundation of the Erdweg parish association.
Petersberg Basilica (Romanesque religious building, approx. 1104). On the Petersberg near Erdweg it stands as one of the oldest churches in the diocese of Munich-Freising : The Basilica of St. Peter and Paul. It is the only Romanesque building that has largely been preserved in the style of that era. The word basilica describes the type of building: a church with a raised central nave. With its clear proportions and simple construction, it is one of the most impressive creations of Romanesque architecture. For many believers from the Dachau district, it is considered the spiritual center.
After the Second World War, the "Petersberg" country folk high school was built next to the church. This has become an important spiritual education center for the entire diocese of Munich-Freising.

traffic

There is a train station in Erdweg, which is served by line S2 of the Munich S-Bahn at least every 60 minutes. The next motorway junction is in Sulzemoos on the A 8 .

Personalities

Honorary citizen

Josef Lamprecht († 1996), pastor, Hirtlbach
Johannes Neuhäusler (1888–1973), auxiliary bishop
Ludwig Ostermair (1930–2017), retired mayor D., Erdweg, 1966–1972 Mayor of Kleinberghofen
Hubert Pestenhofer , former district administrator of the Dachau district (1964–1977)
Hans Wölfl († 2003), vice principal a. D., former 2nd mayor

Sons and daughters of Erdweg

Josef (Benno) Grahamer from Eisenhofen (1888–1950), Mission Benedictine and martyr from Tokwon ;
Mathias Kneißl from Unterweikertshofen (1875–1902), well-known robber
Blasius Thätter from Großberghofen (* 1936), CSU member of the Bavarian State Parliament
Joachim Dollhopf from Kleinberghofen (* 1971), author, dramaturge and director