Kissing

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Kissing
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Coordinates: 48 ° 18 '  N , 10 ° 59'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Swabia
County : Aichach-Friedberg
Height : 523 m above sea level NHN
Area : 23.15 km 2
Residents: 11,621 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 502 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 86438
Area code : 08233
License plate : AIC, FDB
Community key : 09 7 71 142
Community structure: 3 parts of the community
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Pestalozzistraße 5
86438 Kissing
Website : www.kissing.de
Mayor : Reinhard Gürtner (CSU)
Location of the municipality of Kissing in the Aichach-Friedberg district
Baar (Schwaben) Pöttmes Todtenweis Aindling Petersdorf (Schwaben) Inchenhofen Kühbach Schiltberg Sielenbach Adelzhausen Eurasburg (Schwaben) Ried (bei Mering) Mering Merching Schmiechen Steindorf (Schwaben) Kissing Obergriesbach Hollenbach Rehling Affing Aichach Friedberg (Bayern) Dasing Augsburg Landkreis Neuburg-Schrobenhausen Landkreis Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm Landkreis Dachau Landkreis Fürstenfeldbruck Landkreis Donau-Ries Landkreis Augsburg Landkreis Landsberg am Lech Landkreis Donau-Ries Landkreis Dillingen an der Donaumap
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Kissing is a municipality in the Swabian district of Aichach-Friedberg and is located around five kilometers south of the city limits of Augsburg .

Districts

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

history

Roman times

In Roman times the so-called Via Julia ran from north to south through Kissing. This important trunk road connected the provincial capital Augusta Vindelicorum (Augsburg) with Iuvavum ( Salzburg ). There was also a junction over the Fernpass . On the northern edge of the municipality, two small forts were built in early Roman times , which may have had something to do with the development of the state and the development of an internal organization and infrastructure for the new province of Raetia , to which the Kissingen municipality belonged.

Early and High Middle Ages

The two landmarks of Altkissing: The Burgstall (front) and the parish church of St. Stephan. View from the southwest over the couple

A “Kisingas” appears in the oldest traditional Freising book as early as 763 . Reginpert, the founder of the Scharnitz monastery , equipped the young monastery with the goods from his inheritance. Whether this was the kissing on the old Roman road to the Fernpass cannot be clarified without a doubt. The monastery was dedicated to St. Consecrated Peter. A St. Peter's Church has also been preserved in Kissing , the foundation of which goes back to the early Middle Ages . In addition, a "Pahara" is mentioned in this source, which can be identified as the nearby Bachern ( Friedberg ).

In 955 some fighting of the battle on the Lechfeld took place in the municipality of Kissingen . A smaller Hungarian fortress has been preserved next to the Schlossgut Mergenthau on the Lechfeld ( ring wall in Ottmaringer wood ).

Between 972 and 976, the Freising vassal Jakob gave the local bishop his property in “Kisinga” and “Salahahe”.

Until around 1031 the place name can be found several times in different spellings in the Freising tradition books. In 1085 an Adalbero de Chissingin appears as a witness in a document from Habach Monastery. The noble free from Kissing sat on their tower hill castle near the parish church.

View from the Burgstall to the old town
The high medieval castle stable with the pilgrimage chapel
St. Stephan in Altkissing

The village developed around the Peterskirche, whose patronage refers to the old age of the small church. Remnants of an early castle complex have been preserved on the Fuchsberg (Eierberg) nearby . Around 1200 work began on building a larger, well-fortified parish church on the tongue of the land south of St. Peter's Church.

When the Augsburg bishop Udalschalk died in 1202, he bequeathed his own property in Kissing to the diocese. Udalschalk was closely related to the Guelphs or even came from this sex himself. To the north-east of Kissing, the extensive earthworks of the Guelph castle complex of Mergenthau have been preserved around today's castle property. The bishop probably inherited the goods from the last Guelph, who died in 1191.

Late Middle Ages

Towards the middle of the 15th century, the legal and dominant relationships of the "Grafschaft" Kissing were laid down in an "Ehaftbuch". In 1447, Bishop Peter von Schaumberg awarded the village court for 2000 Hungarian guilders to Hans Meuting. As a result, there were repeated disputes with the Bavarian district court in Friedberg. Therefore, on July 12, 1571, a contract was signed that made the Kissing Court of Justice subject to Bavarian blood jurisdiction. The lower jurisdiction remained with the episcopal judge. The population had to submit to the duke and pay body and land taxes.

Early modern age

Despite this contract, conflicts arose between the Hochstift and Bavaria. For this reason, under Bishop Heinrich von Knöringen, the cathedral chapter recommended selling the Hofmark to the Jesuits . Kissing was unfavorably on the Bavarian side of the Lech. It was thought to be better "in the state of Swabia, to counter it with a differently laid Gueth".

The sale was confirmed on July 7, 1602 and notarized on February 18, 1603. The rulership came to the Jesuit College St. Salvator in Augsburg for 42,500 guilders . In the next four decades, the Jesuits systematically acquired most of the other rulership rights in the place.

During the Spanish War of Succession , the Jesuit estate on the site of the old Welfenburg Mergenthau was devastated. The baroque "Tusculum" (country house), which has been preserved, was built between 1713 and 1715, but its architectural structure is now mutilated. At the same time, the small castle was built under the parish church as the seat of the district judge.

19th and 20th centuries

Kissing belonged to the Jesuit order until its dissolution in 1773. The Hofmark remained in existence until 1848, but was transferred to the Bavarian state from 1803. Kissing was assigned to the district court (later district office) Friedberg. For a short time the village belonged to the Lechkreis (Augsburg), then it became part of the Isarkkreis (Munich) and finally to the Donaukreis (Ingolstadt). Between 1937 and 1943 the community belonged to Upper Bavaria . In 1944, the Friedberg district was finally assigned to the Swabian administrative district due to its proximity to the city of Augsburg. In 1950 the population confirmed this decision in a referendum .

In 1837 the construction of the Augsburg-Munich railway line began, but it passed west of the old town.

In 1840 the community had 915 inhabitants who lived almost exclusively from agriculture . Most of the buildings were still thatched, which led to numerous fires. Ten major fires have survived from 1903. At this time, numerous craft businesses had already settled. Six inns invited to stop.

In the Franco-Prussian War and World War I , numerous Kissingers died on the battlefields of Europe. The war memorial on the outer bailey of the high medieval castle stables reminds of the fallen parishioners.

After the Second World War

By the beginning of the Second World War (1939) the population rose to 1665. After the end of the war, the community began to rise rapidly. Due to the proximity to the city of Augsburg, numerous industrial companies (including the iron works of the Frisch brothers) settled on the railway line. Large new building areas emerged on the fields of the Lechfeld, which are only partially suitable for agriculture. These new buildings were mainly used by displaced persons and refugees from the east.

In 1957 the community built a new elementary school between the two districts. The Catholic St. Bernhard Church in Neukissing was also consecrated this year. In addition to the school, the new buildings of the town hall and a multi-purpose hall (1972) were built. In 1986 the Paartalhalle was added as a new multi-purpose hall and a new sports field and has developed into a highly frequented sports and event center.

In 1972, the two old districts of Aichach and Friedberg were combined in the course of the administrative reform to form the district of Aichach-Friedberg. In 1976 the state government assigned the municipality a function as a settlement focus in the Augsburg conurbation.

Today the place still consists of two parts. To the west of the couple lies the suburban Neukissing with the old and new train stations and industrial areas. The old town under the church and the castle stable has at least in its core still preserved its agricultural Swabian-Bavarian village image.

Many Kissing residents commute to work in the nearby cities of Augsburg and Munich every day . However, the industrial and service companies west of the main road to Munich offer numerous jobs in the community. At the turn of the millennium, further large building areas were designated. Because of its high recreational value, Kissing is particularly popular with young families from the greater Augsburg-Munich area. In the vicinity of Lech, two former gravel pits have been converted into large swimming lakes. At Merching, Lech level 23 complements the leisure offer. Larger forests on the Lechrain make extensive hikes possible.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2019 the municipality grew from 8,737 to 11,621 by 2,771 inhabitants or 33.0%.

politics

Municipal council

The Kissings local council consists of the first mayor and 24 council members. The past local elections had the following results:

Parties and constituencies 2020 2014
% Seats % Seats
Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) 42.1 10 36.7 9
Alliance 90 / The Greens (Greens) 21.4 5 11.3 3
Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) / Free Citizens 20.1 5 40.3 9
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 02.9 1 - -
Free voters (FW) 13.5 3 11.7 3
Total (possibly after correction of rounding inaccuracies) 100 24 100 24
voter turnout 54.5%

mayor

Manfred Wolf had been the mayor since 1996, he was re-elected in 2002, 2008 and 2014. He resigned on January 1, 2019 for health reasons. In the election of March 24, 2019, Reinhard Gürtner prevailed as his successor.

coat of arms

The coat of arms description according to the permission of the Bavarian. State Ministry reads: “In red a lowered syllable wavy bar; Above it is a silver tent with two lance-shaped poles, covered with a black shield, inside a golden clover leaf cross . Below is a gear wheel below. "

Explanation of the content of the coat of arms: In the municipality of Kissing, which is bordered by the Lech, was the so-called Gunzenlee , a hill that served as a place of jurisdiction and the center of the army gatherings in the history of the Lechrains played a major role. In the municipal coat of arms, this famous court and meeting place is symbolically represented by a war tent with two side poles in the shape of a lance. A black shield with a golden clover leaf cross is on top of it. This latter symbol, which can be associated with Bishop Udalrich of Augsburg , can be used to recall the old relationships between Kissing and the Augsburg Cathedral Monastery (color red and white) which date back to the 11th century. The modern development of Kissing, which is primarily characterized by the settlement of the iron works of the brothers Frisch , is reflected in the coat of arms through the industrial symbol of the half gear. The geographical location on the Lech is indicated by the silver wave bar. After approval from the Bavarian State Ministry, the Kissing community was also able to adopt its own flag. The colors of the three-striped flag are based on the main colors of the municipal coat of arms: white (silver) - red - yellow (gold)

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

train

Kissing is on the Augsburg – Munich railway line , which was opened in 1840 as one of the first Bavarian railway connections. As part of the four-track expansion of the line, the old station was closed in November 2001 and replaced by a new stop a little further south . Since the end of 2008 this stop has been served every quarter of an hour during rush hour between Augsburg and Mering. A half-hour clock was set up to Munich. The connection with the Ammerseebahn and further on towards Weilheim and Schongau is offered every hour.

Street

Bundesstraße 2 runs through Neukissing in a north-south direction . The B 17 towards Landsberg am Lech and Füssen is reached via Mering and Königsbrunn . Via Friedberg the way leads to the freeway junction 74a ( Derching ) on the federal freeway 8 .

bus

DRB bus in the Augsburg Transport and Tariff Association (AVV)
line Line course Traffic Company
102 Mering - Kissing - Augsburg-Hochzoll DB Regio Bus Bayern GmbH (DRB)
103 Mering - Kissing - Friedberg DB Regio Bus Bayern GmbH (DRB)
AST103 Call collective taxi Mering - Kissing - Friedberg Taxi Ruf (on behalf of DB Regio Bus Bayern GmbH (DRB))

Footpaths

For years, mayors and citizens have been calling for a "Lechsteg" across the Lech, which creates a connection for pedestrians and cyclists between Kissing and Augsburg- Haunstetten .

economy

Kissing is the headquarters of Weka Holding .

Culture and sights

The Gunzenlee ( Gunzenle ), a presumed prehistoric burial mound , which could have been used as a place of things (around 530) at the time of the Alemannic conquest, was possibly located in the municipality . Several diets were held here under the Carolingian and Saxon emperors . In the 15th century the hill was washed away by the floods of the Lech. The exact location of Gunzenlee is unknown and has long been disputed among local historians in the surrounding communities.

Kissing tunnel system discovered in the 19th century

Around the middle of the 19th century an artificially created tunnel system was discovered and measured in Kissing in the underground of the Petersberg plateau in the vicinity of the St. Peter's chapel , which is similar to that of Mergenthau and whose purpose is unclear. The existence of the tunnel system, which has apparently been forgotten, could be the reason for recently observed cracks in the walls of the chapel, the cause of which has been researched since 2014.

On September 3, 1736, Matthias Klostermayr , the "Bavarian Hiasl" was born in Kissing . The Freischütz, poacher and leader of a "just band of robbers " in the Swabian-Bavarian border area at that time is revered as a Bavarian national hero to this day.

The family name of the former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is not derived from the old Bavarian Kissing. Kissinger's ancestors named themselves after the Franconian Kissingen, today Bad Kissingen .

Architectural monuments

Personalities

  • Matthias Klostermayr , called the Bavarian Hiasl (born September 3, 1736, † September 6, 1771), robber captain and folk hero.
  • Josef Zimmermann (born March 19, 1901; † December 29, 1976), auxiliary bishop in Augsburg from 1952 to 1972, was an honorary citizen of the Kissing community.

literature

  • G. Diepolder: The Aichach Regional Court (Historical Atlas of Bavaria / Part of Old Bavaria, 2nd Munich: Commission for Bavarian State History, 1950)
  • M. Graf: History of the court market Kissing at the couple . Donauwörth, 1894
  • M. Graf, Adelheid Hoechstetter-Müller: History of the Hofmarkt Kissing an der Paar - a local historical study (revised and edited by Adelheid Hoechstetter-Müller). Augsburg, 2008. ISBN 978-3-89639-632-7
  • Sebastian Hiereth: The district courts Friedberg and Mering . (Historical Atlas of Bavaria / Part of Swabia, 1; 1. Munich: Commission for Bavarian State History, 1952)
  • Kissing: past and present . - Kissing, 1983
  • Hanns Merkl: Kissing - churches and chapels (Peda art guide No. 670). Passau, 2007. ISBN 978-3-89643-670-2

Web links

Commons : Kissing  - collection of pictures, 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. ^ Municipality of Kissing in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bavarian State Library, accessed on August 21, 2019.
  3. ^ Siegmar von Schnurbein : The new Roman forts near Friedberg, Aichach-Friedberg district, Swabia . In: The Archaeological Year in Bavaria 1982 (1983), pp. 99-101; here: p. 99.
  4. ↑ Wolfgang Czysz : A new Roman fort near Augsburg . In: The Archaeological Year in Bavaria 1980 (1981), pp. 112–113; here: p. 113.
  5. ↑ https://okvote.osrz-akdb.de/OK.VOTE_SW/Wahl-2020-03-15/09771114/inhouse/137/index.html
  6. ↑ Local council election Affing 2020, official final result , accessed on May 29, 2020
  7. ↑ http://www.wahlen.bayern.de/kommunalwahlen/
  8. ^ Augsburger Allgemeine "Who will be the new mayor in Kissing?" - (As of February 27, 2019)
  9. ↑ Website of the now ex-mayor - (as of February 27, 2019)
  10. ↑ Heike Scherer: City newspaper: Reinhard Gürtner is the new mayor of Kissing. City newspaper, accessed on March 28, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Description of coat of arms and local history - Kissing - (municipality homepage as of July 22, 2014)
  12. ↑ A suspension bridge as an idea also for the Lech - ( Augsburger Allgemeine, August 21, 2007)
  13. ↑ Wolf finally wants clarity at the Lechsteg - (Augsburger Allgemeine from January 13, 2009)
  14. ↑ Suggestion for improvement: Lechsteg connects Haunstetten - Kissing - (Grabler)
  15. ↑ Lechsteg sawed off - (Augsburger Allgemeine from February 10, 2010)
  16. ↑ a b J. Illing: Description and recording of the underground passages in Kissing, Friedberg district court . Munich 1854, ( e-copy ).
  17. ↑ v. Braunmühl: The underground passages of the destroyed Rockenstein Castle near Alling, Bruck Regional Court. In addition to an appendix about the underground passages to Nanhofen and Mergentau by v. Hefner and Illing. In: Upper Bavarian Archive for Patriotic History , Volume 3, Munich 1841, pp. 397–411 ( online )
  18. ↑ http://www.kissing.de/leben-und-wohnen/vom-buergermeister/2014/dezember-2014/der-petersberg-wird-uberpruft