Agawang

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Agawang
municipality Kutzenhausen
DEU Agawang (Kutzenhausen) COA.svg
Coordinates: 48 ° 21 ′ 40 ″  N , 10 ° 41 ′ 9 ″  E
Height : 485 m
Area : 7.84 km²
Residents : 589  (2008)
Population density : 75 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : May 1, 1978
Postal code : 86500
Area code : 08294
View of Agawang from the east
View of Agawang from the east

Agawang is a parish village and part of the municipality of Kutzenhausen in the Augsburg district in the administrative district of Swabia in Bavaria . The village of Unterefsried belongs to the district .

location

Agawang is located on the A1 Augsburg-Dinkelscherben district road. The nearest train stations are in Gessertshausen and Kutzenhausen . The Augsburger Verkehrsverbund (AVV) maintains the non-clocked bus schedule for line 507 to Augsburg on weekdays.

history

The history of Agawang probably begins between the 9th and 12th centuries. During this time the three individual settlements of the place were founded, namely Agawang, Obernefsried and Unterstefsried. In the Agawang exercised Domstift Augsburg , the basic rule out.

While Unterefsried is still a separate place today, Agawang and Obernefsried merged into one place.

From 1862 to 1929 Agawang belonged to the district office of Zusmarshausen and from 1929 to the district office of Augsburg , which from 1939 was called the district of Augsburg .

Agawang with its district of Unternefsried was an independent municipality in the Augsburg district and was incorporated into the municipality of Kutzenhausen on May 1, 1978 as part of the regional reform in Bavaria .

St. Laurentius Church

religion

The catholic parish St. Laurentius in Agawang with the parish church St. Laurentius belongs to the parish community Kutzenhausen in the deanery Augsburg-Land in the diocese of Augsburg .

Web links

Commons : Agawang  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Numbers and facts of the Kutzenhausen community , accessed on February 9, 2012
  2. ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 767 .