Augsburg metropolitan area
| Augsburg metropolitan area | |
|---|---|
| country |
 Bavaria
|
| Surface: | 1998.30 km² |
| Residents : | 661,540 |
| Population density : | 331.05 inhabitants / km² |
| Structure: | 1 independent city , 2 districts |
The Augsburg metropolitan area is a heavily populated area in Germany and, after the metropolitan areas of Munich and Nuremberg with more than 660,000 inhabitants, forms the third largest agglomeration and the third most important business location in the Free State of Bavaria . It includes the city of Augsburg and the districts of Augsburg and Aichach-Friedberg , which are all part of the administrative district of Swabia and are located between Munich and Ulm.
The planning region Augsburg with around 850,000 inhabitants is superordinate to the metropolitan area .
cities and communes
Metropolitan area
| Surname | Administrative form | Residents |
|---|---|---|
| City of Augsburg | city | 292,851 |
| Aichach-Friedberg district | district | 127.713 |
| District of Augsburg | district | 240.976 |
| total | approx. 660,000 |
Core area
Source population: metadata / as of December 31, 2013
geography
The Augsburg agglomeration is limited in the south and north by the Lechfeld , which is around 25 kilometers long and up to 20 kilometers wide , in the west by the western forests and in the east by roughly the Lechleite .
Besides the Lech, the most important rivers in the area are the Wertach , Schmutter and Singold . The Lech flows into the Danube in the north of the Augsburg conurbation .
The administrative boundaries of the cities are right next to each other; a boundary between the urban settlement areas is not perceptible in the direct urban area of Augsburg, as the cities flow into one another.
structure
After the territorial reform completed in 1972, the St. Anton settlement, which was formerly part of Stätzling, was incorporated into the Augsburg city area in May 1978.
The metropolitan area is centrally directed towards the metropolis of Augsburg. Some of the communities around Aichach in the north-east are historically influenced by the Old Bavarian . Therefore, north of Augsburg, the Lech marks the tribal border between Alamannen and Bajuwaren , while starting from Augsburg to the south it only marks a linguistic transition area, as the tribal duchy of Swabia in the Lechrain area extended far east of the river.
economy
The economy in the Augsburg conurbation is strongly oriented towards the manufacturing industry and is one of the most important industrial locations in southern Germany. The large industrial companies are mainly located in the city of Augsburg and the directly adjacent communities. Already at the beginning of the industrial age, due to the good location on the two rivers Lech and Wertach, large industrial complexes settled both north in Gersthofen / Langweid and in the south in Bobingen . After the turn of the millennium, large logistics areas were created with the first intermunicipal freight transport center in the Augsburg / Gersthofen / Neusäß triangle, directly on the A 8 and B 17. This continued with the construction of further large logistics companies in the south of Augsburg. After production, the logistics industry is now the most important pillar of the local economy.
traffic
air traffic
Augsburg Airport is located in the metropolitan area , although it has no longer had scheduled services since 2005. A civil joint use of the NATO airfield Lagerlechfeld , which is 20 km away from Augsburg city center, failed in 2005 due to an additional 15 million euros, which the Bundeswehr used for the relocation of ammunition bunkers.
Lagerlechfeld located on the four-lane-developed national road 17 and has a railway station of Lech light railway ( KBS 986).
Rail transport
The main train station in the metropolitan area is Augsburg's main train station , which is the ICE and IC station on the routes Munich-Stuttgart, Munich-Hamburg, Munich-Berlin, Munich-Frankfurt and Munich-Dortmund. Since December 2007, Paris can be reached from Augsburg by TGV in less than five and a half hours. Augsburg was one of the most important railway hubs in Germany until the freight station was closed in 2005. From Augsburg, European metropolises such as Amsterdam , Paris and Vienna can be reached without changing trains by ICE , IC / EC or night trains. Almost all cities and municipalities in the metropolitan area are reached by Regional Express lines and are therefore on the S-Bahn- like rail network from 2012 onwards . Since 2009, a modern freight transport center has been in operation in the Augsburg-Gersthofen-Neusäß triangle , which will bring about the closure of the Augsburg-Oberhausen container station .
Road traffic
The most important roads in the agglomeration are:
- A 8 ( E 52 ) towards Munich and Stuttgart .
- The connection to the south was greatly improved by the motorway-like expansion of the B 17 at the end of 2009.
- In the north, the expansion of the B 2, which was completed in 2006, ensured a smooth flow of traffic to Donauwörth .
- The B 10 leads to Ulm.
- The B 300 runs from Memmingen via Augsburg in the direction of Ingolstadt
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bavarian State Office for Statistics - Table 12411-001: Update of the population: Population: municipalities, reference dates (last 6) from September 18, 2014 , population figures based on the 2011 census ( help )