Asch (Fuchstal)

Ash municipality Fuchstal
Coordinates: 47 ° 56 ′ 54 ″  N , 10 ° 49 ′ 59 ″  E
Height :	654 m
Residents :	1206  (December 31, 2013)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	86925
Area code :	08243
Parish Church of St. John the Baptist

Asch is a place in the municipality of Fuchstal in the Upper Bavarian district of Landsberg am Lech , about 50 kilometers south of Augsburg and 75 kilometers southwest of Munich .

geography

Asch is located about two kilometers west of the Lech on a wide gravel terrace that is bordered by an old moraine in the east.

history

The first mention of the place dates back to 1126, when the Counts of Ronsberg from Irsee loaned properties in Asch. In 1401 Asch passed to the Lords of Freyberg , who bequeathed the property to the Augsburg monastery of St. Stephan in 1636 and 1740 .

Since the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss and the secularization of 1803, the entire area of ​​the current municipality of Fuchstal has belonged to Bavaria, until the regional reform, Asch belonged to the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia .

Today's municipality of Fuchstal was created in 1972 as part of the regional reform from the merger of the municipalities of Asch, Markt Leeder and Seestall. In 1978 the communities of Fuchstal and Unterdießen merged to form the Fuchstal administrative community .

Attractions

• Parish Church of St. Johann Baptist
• Florian Fountain
• Catholic chapel Sankt Leonhard

See also the list of architectural monuments in Fuchstal

Soil monuments

See: List of ground monuments in Fuchstal

literature

• Philipp Ludwig Hermann Röder: Geographical statistical-topographical lexicon of Swabia . Ulm, 1791/92