Biberbach (Swabia)

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Biberbach (Swabia)
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Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '  N , 10 ° 49'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Swabia
County : augsburg
Height : 464 m above sea level NHN
Area : 36.89 km 2
Residents: 3534 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 96 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 86485
Area code : 08271
License plate : A , SMÜ, WHO
Community key : 09 7 72 121
Market structure: 14 parts of the community

Market administration address : 		Rathausplatz 1
86485 Biberbach
Website : www.biberbach.de
Mayor : Wolfgang Jarasch (FWV / Citizens' Block)
Location of the Biberbach market in the Augsburg district
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View of Biberbach from Burg Markt

Biberbach is a market in the Augsburg district , which is part of the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia .

geography

location

The community is located about 20 km north of Augsburg on the western edge of the Lech - Schmuttertal . The districts of Feigenhofen and Affaltern , a few kilometers from the main town, are located in the " Augsburg-Western Forests Nature Park ".

Landscapes and parts of the municipality

There are 5 districts and has 14 officially named municipality parts (the type of settlement is indicated in brackets ):

history

Until the church is planted

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1070. At that time Biberbach was in the Duchy of Swabia . In 1514 the village to possess was Jakob Fugger , who by Emperor Maximilian I had acquired. The reign of Biberbach now formed a Fugger Oberamt with its seat at Burg Markt and belonged to the later Prince Fugger-Babenhausen . With the Rheinbund act 1806 the place came to Bavaria. The land and local rule in Affaltern and the hamlet of Salmannshofen was exercised by the Augsburg Cathedral Monastery . In Biberbach, in addition to the view of the remains of the castle in the Markt district, the parish church of St. Jakobus, St. Laurentius and the Holy Cross still reminds of the Fuggers today .

Incorporations

On May 1, 1978, the previously independent communities of Eisenbrechtshofen, Feigenhofen and Markt as well as large parts of the dissolved community of Affaltern were incorporated.

Population development

  • 1961: 2381 inhabitants
  • 1970: 2499 inhabitants
  • 1987: 2758 inhabitants
  • 1991: 2982 inhabitants
  • 1995: 3174 inhabitants
  • 2000: 3424 inhabitants
  • 2005: 3480 inhabitants
  • 2010: 3361 inhabitants
  • 2015: 3444 inhabitants
  • 2016: 3482 inhabitants

Between 1988 and 2018 the community grew from 2,871 to 3,530 by 659 inhabitants or 23%.

politics

Municipal council

The local elections on March 15, 2020 resulted in the following distribution of the 16 seats in the municipal council:

Compared to the 2014 local elections, the CSU, Bibertallist and Independent Women's List maintained their number of seats; the Free Voters lost one seat and the Young List gained one seat. While the SPD (previously two seats) did not submit a nomination, the Greens are represented in the local council for the first time (with two seats).

mayor

Mayor has been Wolfgang Jarasch (Free Voters) since 2008; he was confirmed in office for a further six years in the case of two competitors on March 15, 2020 with 55.7% of the votes. His predecessors were Alois Pfaffenzeller (FWV-BB / FFL / JL) from 2002 to 2008 and Anton Fischer ( CSU ) until 2002 .

Finances

The municipal tax revenue amounted to € 2,341,000 in 2012, of which the trade tax revenue (net) amounted to € 421,000.

Coat of arms and flag

Bechhofen coat of arms
 Blazon : "Divided, above a blue roofed silver church with an integrated bell tower in a perspective view from the northeast on the division, below split by silver and blue, in front a black beaver raised to the left, behind a silver river sloping to the right."

Signed March 31, 1836

The church shown is the pilgrimage church "Zum Heiligen Kreuz" and indicates the pilgrimage tradition of the place, the upright black beaver and the sloping brook speak for themselves as parts of the coat of arms and represent the place name (so-called " talking coat of arms ").

Since 2016 the municipality has also been entitled to carry a flag in the colors blue-white-red with the municipality's coat of arms.

Town twinning

On June 18, 1994, a partnership agreement was signed with the German municipality of Straussfurt in Thuringia .

economy

In 1998, according to official statistics, there were no employees at the place of work in the manufacturing industry 79 or in the trade and transport sector. In other economic areas, 66 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 1,108 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There were none in the manufacturing industry, ten in the construction industry. In addition, in 1999 there were 55 farms with an agriculturally used area of ​​1,319 hectares, of which 994 hectares were arable land and 325 hectares were permanent green areas.

St. James and Laurentius from the east side

Sights, culture and tourism

Interior of the pilgrimage church of St. James and Laurentius.
  • The pilgrimage church of St. Jakobus, St. Laurentius and the Holy Cross : The foundation stone for the pilgrimage church, richly decorated in rococo style, was laid on May 16, 1684 in the presence of Bishop Johann Christoph von Freyberg , by pastor Anton Ginther (the initiator of the Biberbach pilgrimage ) and laid by builder Valerian Brenner . On the feast of the Finding of the Cross, May 3, 1681, Holy Mass was celebrated for the first time in front of the miraculous image, a large Romanesque crucifix. The image of grace is popularly known as "Dear Herrgöttle von Biberbach " (see picture on the left). On September 15, 1697 the inauguration of the completed new church took place. Dominikus Zimmermann provided some of the furnishings .
  • On November 6th, 1766 there was an organ competition in the pilgrimage church between the then ten-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the twelve-year-old grandson of the Biberbach organist, Joseph Eugen Sigmund Bachmann (1754-1825), who later entered a Premonstratensian monastery and there under the religious name of Father Sixtus Bachmann also worked as a composer.
  • In 1632 the pastor Ulrich Zusamschneider from Biberbach was cruelly tortured by Swedish soldiers in the turmoil of the Thirty Years' War and shot near Achsheim . A panel painting (around 1693) on the west gallery shows this scene: the Gothic church and Markt Castle can be seen in the background. At that time the cross was also hidden. Maximilian Fugger , the lord of Oberndorf, Biberbach, Duttenstein and Niederalfingen and the keeper of Rain am Lech , had it salvaged, restored and attached to the church wall in 1655.
  • Around 1665 the importance of the pilgrimage to the "Herrgöttle" increased so much that at the end of the 17th century a uniform baroque church was built.

Special pilgrimage days are the deanery pilgrimage of the deanery Augsburg-Land on the 3rd Sunday of Lent (Laetare), the star pilgrimage of the districts of Biberbach on Sunday around 14 September (feast of the Exaltation of the Cross and commemoration of the consecration) and the youth pilgrimage of the deanery Augsburg-Land on October 3. Smaller and larger groups of pilgrims come all year round on foot or by bus. At the pilgrimage church Biberbach, HH Dr. theol. Joseph Moosariet from India as parish administrator.

  • There is a group of calvaries at the ascent to St. James and Laurentius. In addition to the crucified Lord, it also includes two other crosses with the thieves. Under the cross are the figures of Mary, Mary Magdalene and John. The group is completed by a Roman soldier on horseback who looks up to the crucified Christ from a position slightly downhill. These are zinc cast figures, cast around 1910.
  • The Bavarian-Swabian Jakobusweg, signposted in 2003, leads through Biberbach from Donauwörth via Augsburg to Lindau.
Castle market
  • Burg Markt : The remains of Burg Markt rise above the district of Markt on a ridge that slopes down on three sides. The castle is documented as early as the 14th century, but the oldest surviving parts of the building date from 1525, when the Fuggers had the castle rebuilt as a palace. Jakob Fugger had bought the castle built by the Pappenheimers in Markt 1514 together with Biberbach and had the castle rebuilt. The keep, the ring walls and the Onoldsbach tower all date from this time. Markt Castle stands on a ridge that slopes steeply on three sides high above the Schmutter river on the western edge of the northern Lech Valley. The silhouette of the castle can be seen from afar. The two distinctive keep and the double wall ring with buttresses and towers date from the 16th century. The Catholic Palace Chapel of St. John the Baptist is located in the courtyard. It was built in 1738/39 in the Baroque style by Simon Rothmiller. The courtyard is surrounded by manor buildings from the 19th century. These are now used by a riding stables. The Jakobsweg mentioned above leads over the castle hill.

Architectural monuments

literature

  • Stefanie Justus, Wolf-Christian von der Mülbe: Biberbach. Catholic parish and pilgrimage church of St. Jakobus, St. Laurentius and Holy Cross . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 1997. ISBN 3-7954-1091-6
  • Martin Kluger : The Fuggers around Augsburg, Munich and Ulm. Nobility, castles and churches . 1st edition. Context Verlag Augsburg, Augsburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-939645-43-6 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
  2. ↑ Greetings. Biberbach community, accessed on May 30, 2020 .
  3. ^ Biberbach community in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bavarian State Library, accessed on August 20, 2019.
  4. ^ Martin Kluger : The Fuggers around Augsburg, Munich and Ulm. Nobility, castles and churches . 1st edition. Context Verlag Augsburg, Augsburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-939645-43-6 .
  5. ↑ a b c 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. 767 and 768 .
  6. ↑ Entry on the coat of arms of Biberbach (Swabia)  in the database of the House of Bavarian History
  7. ↑ Sonja Diller: The market town of Biberbach gets a flag. Augsburger Allgemeine, February 27, 2016
  8. ^ Anton Ginther : "Relatio SS. Crucifixo in Biberbach." , §. VIII. Para. 3 in: Currus Israel, et auriga ejus, ducens hominem Christianum per vias rectas, & in sacra scriptura fundatas in coelum . Georg Schlueter and Martin Happach, Augsburg 1717, ed. 1 (Si parva licetere magnis; Pari ferè modo & hæc Baſilica SS. Crucifixi in Biberbach DEO TOM conſecrata & dedicata eſt, dum anno 1697. the verò 15th Septembris non dumtaxat à Reverendiſſimo & Illuſtriſſimo DD Euſtachi Egolpho Epiſcopo Dioclenſi (...))
  9. ↑ [Anonymous]: Detailed and complete description of Biberbach, and the pilgrimage of the Heil. Cross there. Moy, Augsburg 1826, chap. 3, § 23, p. 50 (The newly built parish and pilgrimage church was solemnly consecrated in 1697 by Eustach Egolph (...) (...))
  10. ↑ Moy, Augsburg 1826 (see Ref. 2), chap. 2, § 11, p. 25f (When after 296 years this church pretty much perished in 1484, the Augsburg suffragan (auxiliary bishop), and general = vicar Ulrich Geislinger, Bishop of Adramyt, from the order of St. Francis , a newly built church was formally consecrated again on May 30th, and the annual church consecration was ordered to be held on the following Sunday after the celebration of the Holy Cross, which falls on September 14th. This is what all written documents attest.)
  11. ↑ a b Bernd-Peter Schaul: Swabia: ensembles, architectural monuments, archaeological site monuments