Aichstetten

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Aichstetten (definition of terms ) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 47 ° 54 '  N , 10 ° 5'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Tübingen
County :	Ravensburg
Height :	618 m above sea level NHN
Area :	33.75 km 2
Residents:	2806 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	83 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	88317
Area code :	07565
License plate :	RV, SLG , ÜB , WG
Community key :	08 4 36 003
Address of the municipal administration:	Bachstrasse 2 88317 Aichstetten
Website :	www.aichstetten.de
Mayor :	Dietmar Lohmiller ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Aichstetten in the Ravensburg district

The Catholic Church of St. Michael

Aichstetten is a municipality in the Ravensburg district in southeast Baden-Württemberg . Together with Aitrach and Leutkirch im Allgäu, the municipality forms an administrative community.

Community structure

The districts of Altmannshofen , Altmannspeier , Breitenbach , Eschach , Häberlings , Hardsteig , Kirchmann , Langensteig , Nestbaum , Rieden and Ziegelbrunnen belong to Aichstetten .

history

Aichstetten was first mentioned in a document from the St. Gallen monastery in 797 as Eihsteti . Archaeological finds such as a Celtic draw castle on the Buchkapf, however, suggest that the area was settled much earlier. In 983 the place came into the possession of the Petershausen monastery , which in 1491 sold it on to the Waldburg family .

See also : Aichstetten Castle  and Blutsberg Castle

On July 1, 1971 Altmannshofen was incorporated into Aichstetten.

Religions

Rectory

Aichstetten, like the entire surrounding area, is Roman Catholic. The parish is the seat of the parish of St. Michael in Aichstetten and the parish of St. Vitus in Altmannshofen. Both parishes belong to the Allgäu-Oberschwaben deanery.

The Protestant Christians in Aichstetten are parish members of the Aitrach parish , which belongs to the Ravensburg church district .

politics

Administrative community

An agreed administrative partnership was entered into with the city of Leutkirch im Allgäu and the municipality of Aitrach .

Municipal council

• The local elections on May 25, 2014 in Aichstetten led to the following official final result. The turnout was 56.7% (2009: 60.6%). The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.

0Political party	be right	Seats	Result 2009
0Free electoral association	56.2%	7th	59.5%, 7 seats
0CDU	43.8%	5	40.5%, 5 seats

• After the local elections on May 26, 2019 , all twelve local councilors belong to the citizens' list. The turnout was 62.0 percent.

mayor

Dietmar Lohmiller has been the mayor of Aichstetten since 1990. He was last confirmed in office in December 2013 and his fourth term ends in 2022.

coat of arms

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  Aichstetten

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  Altmannshofen

The blazon of the coat of arms of the municipality of Aichstetten reads: "In silver a volute-shaped curved green oak branch with ten leaves and six red acorns." The blazon of the coat of arms of the former municipality of Altmannshofen reads: "In silver a red deer head, the right upper corner of blue and silver roughened. "

See also : List of coats of arms in the Ravensburg district

Town twinning

A town twinning between Aichstetten and Großröhrsdorf in the Bautzen district in Saxony has existed since 1993 .

Culture and sights

St. Wolfgang Chapel

• St. Wolfgang Chapel
• Rochuskapelle am Blutsberg , Besen- and Bergkapelle

music

• Aichstetten music band, founded in 1800

Economy and Infrastructure

Heinrich Doser mechanical engineering

traffic

Station building

The community is located directly on the Leutkirch – Memmingen railway line with departures every two hours from Aichstetten station. It is with some bus lines u. a. connected with Leutkirch and belongs to the Bodensee-Oberschwaben Verkehrsverbund ( bodo ).

Aichstetten is on the federal highway 96 from Lindau to Munich . At the junction Aichstetten one's motorway service furnished.

Established businesses

The corporate structure of Aichstetten is characterized by small and medium-sized businesses. A Eurorastpark has been set up at the Aichstetten junction of the Federal Motorway 96. At the junction there is also a Shell mineral oil deposit , which is part of the strategic oil reserve of the Federal Republic of Germany. Larger companies are various gravel and building material plants, such as Gebhart und Söhne GmbH & Co., which developed the Gisoton building material system and sells it in southern Germany, and the Jamara company, an international wholesaler for RC model construction .

Personalities

• Pfaff-Florian von Aichstetten (* 1490), actually Florian Greisel pastor in Aichstetten and later leader of the peasants in the Peasants' War and opponent of the Bauernjörg
• Karl Knaupp (1915–2006), 1960–1981 vicar general of the Rottenburg diocese

literature

• August Friedrich Pauly: Aichstetten municipality in the description of the Leutkirch Oberamt from 1843

Web links

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

Wikisource: Aichstetten in the description of the Oberamt Leutkirch from 1843  - sources and full texts

• Aichstetten at LEO-BW
• Community website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ StiASG , Urk. I 134. Online at e-chartae , accessed on June 12, 2020.
3. ^ 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. 536 .
4. ↑ Final results of the 2014 municipal council elections ( memento of October 29, 2015 in the web archive archive.today )
5. ↑ http://www.schwaebische.de/region_artikel,-Dietmar-Lohmiller-gewinnt-Buergermeisterwahl-klar-_arid,5544351_toid,384.html
6. ↑ Der Spiegel : Brisk Tempo, eh - A look at the epicenter of German brass music , viewed on December 17, 2010