Aitrach

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

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 47 ° 56 '  N , 10 ° 5'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Tübingen
County :	Ravensburg
Height :	596 m above sea level NHN
Area :	30.2 km 2
Residents:	2726 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	90 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	88319
Primaries :	07565, 08395
License plate :	RV, SLG , ÜB , WG
Community key :	08 4 36 004
Address of the municipal administration:	Schwalweg 10 88319 Aitrach
Website :	www.aitrach.de
Mayor :	Thomas Kellenberger ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Aitrach in the Ravensburg district

Aitrach is a municipality in the southeast of Baden-Württemberg and belongs to the Ravensburg district .

geography

Aitrach lies between Leutkirch and Memmingen at the confluence of the Aitrach river into the Iller .

Nature reserve

The nature reserve Kiesgrube Aitrach is part of the FFH area 8026-341 Aitrach and Herrgottsried.

Neighboring communities

The municipality of Aitrach borders the following cities and municipalities: In the north on Haslach and Tannheim in the district of Biberach , in the east on the independent city of Memmingen in Bavaria and Lautrach in the Bavarian district of Unterallgäu , in the south on Aichstetten and in the west on Bad Wurzach (both district Ravensburg).

Districts

In addition to the core area of ​​Aitrach, the following districts exist:

• Mooshausen
• Treherz

Aitrach also has the following residential areas: Marstetten, Ferthofen , Ober- and Untermuken, Schmiddis, Schnaggenberg, Rotengrund, Baniswald, Sigglis, Vogelherd , Wald , St. Johann , Stibi , Rank , Burghalde , Pfänders, Oberhausen , Riedhof .

history

Early history

The first documentary mention of Aitrach comes from the year 838. This document, which is kept in the St. Gallen Monastery , concerns an exchange between the Kempten Monastery and Count Wanning. The history of Aitrach is linked to the history of Marstetten Castle . After the Thirty Years War (124 deaths from the plague) the village was almost extinct and only recovered very slowly.

See also : Alt-Marstetten Castle

District affiliation

Aitrach used to belong to the district of Wangen , which opened in 1973 in the district of Ravensburg .

Population development

year	1871	1890	1910	1939	1961	1970	1991	1995	2002	2005	2010	2015
Residents	1118	1299	1471	1535	2186	2320	2277	2414	2600	2579	2525	2544

Religions

St. Gordianus and Epimachus

Aitrach, like the entire surrounding area, is Roman Catholic. The parish is the seat of the parish of St. Gordianus and Epimachus in Aitrach, the parish of St. Johann Baptist in Treherz and the parish of St. Johann Baptist in Mooshausen . The parishes together with two others form the Aitrachtal pastoral care unit in the Allgäu-Oberschwaben dean's office in the Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese .

The Protestant parish of Aitrach covers an area of ​​about 300 km², the parishes of Aitrach, Tannheim , Aichstetten, as well as the places Haslach (district of Rot an der Rot ) and Hauerz (district of Bad Wurzach ). The Protestant diaspora community belongs to the Ravensburg deanery and has 1,100 members (13% of the residents of the community area; as of 2004). There is also a New Apostolic Church in town.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council. After the local elections on May 26, 2019 , the following distribution of seats resulted:

Local elections 2019 Turnout: 60.6% (2014: 53.9%)  % 50 40 30th 20th 10 0 44.3% 30.0% 19.5% 6.1% CDU FLA b SPD FDP Gains and losses compared to 2014  % p    8th    6th    4th    2    0   -2   -4   -6 +1.4  % p -3.0  % p -4.6  % p + 6.1  % p.p. CDU FLA b SPD FDP Remarks: b Free list Aitrach

2 1 4th 5 2 1 4th 5  A total of 12 seats SPD : 2 FDP : 1 FLA : 4 CDU : 5th

mayor

• 1984-2008: Peter Alexa
• since 2008: Thomas Kellenberger

Administrative community

An administrative community was agreed with the city of Leutkirch im Allgäu and the municipality of Aichstetten .

Attractions

• The churches of St. Gordianus and Epimachus in Aitrach and St. Johann Baptist in Mooshausen are among the most important buildings in the community. The Marstetten castle ruins are still owned by the Waldburg family . The former Zehntstadel dates from 1511 and is the oldest building in town that has been preserved in its original form. In addition to the Fürst-Erich-Kapelle , a path chapel at the point in the forest where Erich von Waldburg-Zeil had a fatal accident in his car in 1953, there is the Bruder-Konrad-Kapelle , the Hofkapelle Schlecht and the Fatima -Kapelle .

Economy and Infrastructure

The main source of income for the citizens of Aitrach was, in addition to agriculture, the timber trade and the Iller rafting . At some times every other man was a raftsman . The imperial customs privileges from 1397, which were granted to the noble house of Königsegg as the owner of Marstetten Castle, are the earliest mention of the Iller rafting. The imperial ownership rights to the rafting business were later transferred to the Waldburg-Zeil aristocratic family . With the decline of rafting , the first industrialization began. Mills settled here and gravel and stone mining gained in importance, gravel for the railroad was in great demand. After the Second World War , the structural change from a poor rafting and farming village to a community that is largely shaped by craft and industry continued.

traffic

Aitrach is connected to the national road network by the federal motorway 96 ( Lindau (Bodensee) - Memmingen - Munich ). The nearby Memmingen motorway junction also provides a connection in north-south direction with the A 7 . In the Marstetten district is the Marstetten-Aitrach stop , which connects the community to the rail network via the Leutkirch – Memmingen railway. State road  260 and district road 7922 intersect in the village. State road 2009 leads through the Ferthofen district.

Established businesses

There are several companies on site, mainly in the Ferthofen industrial park . The world market leader in the field of parking systems, Klaus Multiparking , is also based there.

education

There is a primary school in the main town. For the youngest residents there is the Noah's Ark kindergarten .

Personalities and honorary citizens

• Bernhard Grupp (1834–1922), teacher, sacristan, church choir conductor and beekeeper
• Hermann Krum (1868–1959), entrepreneur (owner of the Göppingen paper mill G. Krum)
• Josef Weiger (1883–1966), Roman Catholic pastor in Mooshausen
• Rudolf Fritz Weiss (1895–1991), specialist in internal medicine, expert in herbal medicine
• Alfons Baumgärtner (1904–1976), Roman Catholic clergyman, born in Treherz
• Winfried Aßfalg (* 1940), educator and local history specialist
• Susanne Kiebler (* 1959), artist and lecturer
• Bernd Kirschner (* 1980), artist (painter)

Web links

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

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

• Aitrach community
• Aitrach at LEO-BW

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ http://wahlen11.rz-kiru.de/08436013W/gw2019.html
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Homepage of the municipality of Aitrach
4. ↑ https://www.aitrach.de/files/content/Downloads/Download%20Aktuelles/Amtsblatt%20pdf_1/2018/Amtsblatt%20KW42-2018.pdf