Lagerlechfeld
 
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Location of Lagerlechfeld in Bavaria |
Lagerlechfeld is partly a district of Graben , partly of Untermeitingen in the Swabian district of Augsburg .
geography
Lagerlechfeld is located 20 km south of Augsburg and north of Klosterlechfeld , on the Lechfeld and on the Via Claudia Augusta , today Bundesstraße 17 . Landsberg am Lech is 15 km south . 5 km west of Schwabmünchen .
Community order
The northern part of Lagerlechfeld belongs to the municipality of Graben , the southern part to the municipality of Untermeitingen . The border runs in an east-west direction north of Westendstrasse.
history
The Lechfeld has been known as a battlefield since Roman times and therefore also has a camp tradition. It became famous through the battle on the Lechfeld (955).
From 1864 the military came to the Lechfeld. A barrack camp for 10,000 soldiers was built. At the time of the Franco-German War in 1870/71 there was a prison camp for 9,000 prisoners of war. In 1877 the station was built on the Bobingen – Landsberg am Lech (Lechfeldbahn) line. In 1899 a garrison hospital and a water tower were built, and between 1900 and 1910 the first settlements were built along the railway line. Until the end of the First World War, Lechfeld was a military training area for the 1st Army Corps of the Bavarian Army.
From 1912, military flight operations began at Lechfeld Air Base . This makes it one of the oldest military airfields in Germany. During the First World War, a prison camp for 20,000 prisoners of war was set up. After the war, a transit camp was established for German soldiers returning from captivity.
In 1934, with the armament of the Wehrmacht, the resumption of military flight operations including a flight school for training air force bomber crews . During the Second World War , Lagerlechfeld was also a test airfield for the Messerschmitt factory in Augsburg. After several air raids in 1945 most of the buildings were destroyed.
The airfield has been used by the German Armed Forces since 1956, and from 1956 to 2013 the air base was home to the 32nd fighter-bomber squadron . Today it serves as an alternate airfield for the Tactical Air Force Squadron 74 and other NATO units.
traffic
Lagerlechfeld is on the four-lane federal highway 17 Augsburg – Landsberg am Lech. In the local area this is lowered and spanned by six bridges , one of which is for rail traffic to the barracks. Lagerlechfeld can be reached via two exits: Kleinaitingen / Lagerlechfeld-Nord in the north and Lagerlechfeld Süd / Untermeitingen in the south.
Since 1877 there has been a train station in Lagerlechfeld on the Augsburg - Landsberg am Lech railway line . Today this is served every hour by the Bavarian Regiobahn (BRB).
Lagerlechfeld belongs to the AVV tariff association and is connected to several bus routes that run in the directions of Augsburg , Schwabmünchen and Landsberg am Lech .
economy
The largest employer on the Lechfeld is the Bundeswehr with 5,000 employees. In addition, there are two business parks in the north. One between Graben and Lagerlechfeld, where several small to medium-sized companies have already settled. The second is in the north on the B17. Larger companies should settle here.
Churches
In the northern part there are two churches, the Catholic St. Martin Church, a modern post-war building with a striking bell tower, which is the entrance to the church square, and the Protestant Reconciliation Church, also a modern building, on the east side of the B17. The church of St. Martin, consecrated in 1967, is now too big with its 400 seats; That is why the diocese of Augsburg decided in July 2018 to reduce the size of the church service room by converting it and to use the separated part as the diocese's art depot in future.
Others
Most of the infrastructure (kindergarten, banks and sports facilities) is located in the northern part.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christian Rost: "We didn't line up to fill churches". In: www.sueddeutsche.de. July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018 .