Kötz

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Swabia
County :	Gunzburg
Management Community :	Kötz
Height :	475 m above sea level NHN
Area :	20.54 km 2
Residents:	3242 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	158 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	89359
Primaries :	08221.0 8223
License plate :	GZ, KRU
Community key :	09 7 74 148
Community structure:	3 parts of the community
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Obere Dorfstr. 3a ; 89359 Kötz
Website :	www.vg-koetz.de
Mayoress :	Sabine Ertle ( Free Association of Voters )
Location of the municipality of Kötz in the district of Günzburg

Kötz is a municipality in the Swabian district of Günzburg and the seat of the Kötz administrative community .

geography

Kötz is located in the Donau-Iller region.

The municipality has three officially named municipal parts (the type of settlement is indicated in brackets ):

The three places also form the three districts that exist in the municipality.

history

Until the founding of the forerunner churches

Großkötz belonged to the Austrian margraviate of Burgau , and the Ehinger patrician family from Ulm from 1408 until the middle of the 18th century . Since the peace treaties of Brno and Pressburg in 1805, the place has belonged to the newly formed Kingdom of Bavaria . In Kleinkötz, on the other hand, the patricians Holzapfel von Herxheim ruled until 1806 , sharing the street court with the realm of Wettenhausen ; Ebersbach also belonged to the possessions of this monastery. In the course of the administrative reforms in the Kingdom of Bavaria, the municipal edict of 1818 created the municipalities of Großkötz and Kleinkötz.

Incorporations

The municipality of Kötz was created on July 1, 1972 through the voluntary amalgamation of the previously independent municipalities of Großkötz and Kleinkötz. The community Ebersbach was incorporated on May 1, 1978 in the course of the regional reform.

Population development

1961: 2175 inhabitants
1970: 2414 inhabitants
1987: 2960 inhabitants
1991: 3071 inhabitants
1995: 3221 inhabitants
2000: 3233 inhabitants
2005: 3235 inhabitants
2010: 3198 inhabitants
2015: 3275 inhabitants

Between 1988 and 2018, the municipality grew from 2,938 to 3,234 by 296 inhabitants or 10.1%.

politics

City council and mayor

The municipal council has 16 members. Since the 2020 local elections , they have been divided into the following lists:

Free voter community (FWG): 9 seats (58.3%)
CSU : 7 seats (41.7%)

In the period from 2014 to 2020, the FWG and CSU each had seven seats and the SPD two seats; the latter no longer submitted an election proposal. The FWG won two additional mandates.

Mayor has been Sabine Ertle (Free Voting Association) since May 1, 2020; she was elected on March 15, 2020 from a competitor with 62.1% of the vote. Her predecessor was Ernst Walter from May 2008 to April 2020, who no longer stood for election.

tax income

The municipal tax revenue in 2011 amounted to the equivalent of € 2,494 thousand, of which trade tax income (net) accounted for the equivalent of € 708 thousand. The per capita debt was € 375 in the same year.

Partner communities

The partner community is shelter in Austria.

Culture and sights

Church of St. Peter and Paul , Großkötz
St. Nikolaus Church, Kleinkötz
Kleinkötz moated castle

Personalities

Johann Eberlin von Günzburg (* around 1470 in Kleinkötz , † 1533 in Leutershausen ), Reformation preacher and author
Christoph Rodt (* 1575 in Neuburg an der Kammel , † 1634 in Kötz), sculptor
Bruno Merk (1922–2013, born in Großkötz), politician, former Bavarian interior minister, "father of territorial reform "

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

In 1998, according to official statistics, there were 34 employees in the field of agriculture and forestry, 601 in the manufacturing industry and 93 in the field of trade and transport at the place of work. In other economic sectors, 279 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 1255 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There was one company in the manufacturing sector and five companies in the main construction sector. In addition, in 1999 there were 55 farms with an agricultural area of 1337 ha, of which 1076 ha were arable land and 232 ha were permanent green space.

Established businesses

Ritter and Deeg Ingenieur-Tiefbau GmbH & Co KG
AL-KO group of companies with AL-KO vehicle technology
Merkle welding systems technology GmbH
Klotz special machines
Raiffeisenbank Mittelschwaben eG
Ingenieurbüro Kranawetter GmbH
Christian Koenitzer Consulting

education

The following institutions exist (as of: 1999):

Kindergartens: 125 kindergarten places with 118 children
Alois-Kober-Primary School 155 students (status: school year 2008/09)
Elementary school Wasserburg
Wasserburg Middle School
Branch of Volkshochschule Günzburg

traffic

Kötz is on the Mittelschwabenbahn railway line , which runs between the two suburbs; the station is called Kleinkötz.
Kötz is on the A 8 passing north (exit Günzburg ) and on the B 16 , which runs through Kleinkötz.

societies

sports clubs

Fishing club Kötz e. V.
Kötz chess club
Schützenverein Frohsinn Großkötz 1897 e. V.
Rifle club Hubertus Ebersbach
Spielvereinigung Kleinkötz e. V. - The soccer team currently plays in the district class West 2 in Swabia. Football and gymnastics are offered.
Tennis Club Kötz e. V.
VfL Großkötz 1924 e. V. - The association was founded in April 1924. The association currently has around 800 active and passive members. The soccer team currently plays in the district class West 2 in Swabia. The volleyball team is the most successful of its kind in the district and plays in the regional league. Gymnastics and cycling are also offered.
Hiking group Kötz e. V.

Music clubs

Blasorchester Kötz eV - The Wind Orchestra Kötz was founded in 2003 from the two traditional bands from Kötz, the Musikverein and the Kolping Band. The wind orchestra consists of the main band with around 60 active musicians.
Country & Western Friends Koetz 1982 eV - Association for the promotion and maintenance of American Country & Western Music
Friends of the Musikdorf Kötz in the Swabian Baroque corner
church choir
Men's choral society Liederkranz

Other clubs

Fire service associations - each in Ebersbach, Groß- and Kleinkötz
Förderverein St. Nikolaus- Association for the preservation of the parish church in Kleinkötz
Interest group for a bypass Kötz e. V.
Allotment Association
Kolping family Kötz
Kötzer Narren Club 1976 e. V. - The association cultivates the traditional Swabian customs of this season , especially during Carnival, and is known far beyond the district.
Warrior and soldier clubs - each in Ebersbach and Großkötz, soldiers and comradeship clubs in Kleinkötz
Senior Citizens Club Kötz
Sudeten German Landsmannschaft local group Kötz
VdK Kötz
Association for horticulture u. Land care
Association for the promotion of agriculture, forestry and landscape conservation - in Groß- and Kleinkötz

Web links

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

Entry on the coat of arms of Kötz in the database of the House of Bavarian History

Individual evidence

↑ "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 ).
^ Community Kötz in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on August 30, 2019.
^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 476 .
↑ ^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. 775 .
^ Municipality of Kötz: A selection of important statistical data. (PDF) In: Bavarian State Office for Statistics. Retrieved October 27, 2018 (German).

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-BY-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] Community Kötz in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on August 30, 2019.

[3] Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 476 .

[Gemeindeverzeichnis1970bis1982-4] 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. 775 .

[5] Municipality of Kötz: A selection of important statistical data. (PDF) In: Bavarian State Office for Statistics. Retrieved October 27, 2018 (German).