District of Günzburg

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Coat of arms of the district of Günzburg Map of Germany, position of the district of Günzburg highlighted

Coordinates: 48 ° 21 '  N , 10 ° 23'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Swabia
Administrative headquarters : Gunzburg
Area : 762.44 km 2
Residents: 127,027 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 167 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : GZ, KRU
Circle key : 09 7 74
NUTS : DE278
Circle structure: 34 municipalities
Address of the
district administration: 		At the Kapuzinermauer 1
89312 Günzburg
Website : www.landkreis-guenzburg.de
District Administrator : Hans Reichhart ( CSU )
Location of the district of Günzburg in Bavaria
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Half-timbered house in Ettlishofen, Gde. Bibertal

The district of Günzburg belongs to the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia . The administrative seat is the large district town of Günzburg .

geography

location

The Danube separates the small Ried area ( Swabian Donaumoos , part of the Donauried ) in the north with the villages of Riedhausen near Günzburg and Riedheim from the lower Iller-Lech gravel slabs to the south , on which most of the other villages and communities in the district lie. This area is crossed by the two right tributaries of the Danube Günz and Mindel as well as by the Kammel . The Günz empties at Günzburg , the Mindel further downstream west of Gundremmingen . The Kammel flows into the Mindel south of Offingen , shortly before it flows into the Danube. The area east of the Mindel is part of the perennials (in the south) or the Holzwinkel (in the north) and thus part of the Augsburg-Westliche Wälder Nature Park .

The area south of the Danube, the lower Iller-Lech gravel plates, the perennials and the wood angle are part of the tertiary hill country . This hilly landscape is shaped by the south-north running river valleys of the Günz, Kammel, Mindel and Zusam and the tributaries of these rivers. The ridges between the valleys, known as Riedel , are mostly forested - often with spruce forests. On the slopes with a slight incline, agriculture predominates, in the valleys mostly meadows predominate. There were large fen areas in front of the drainage.

Neighboring areas

The district borders clockwise in the north, beginning with the districts of Dillingen an der Donau , Augsburg , Unterallgäu and Neu-Ulm (all in Bavaria) as well as Alb-Donau-Kreis and Heidenheim (both in Baden-Württemberg).

history

Until 1800

The area of ​​today's district of Günzburg was already relatively densely populated in the Celtic times. The remains of Viereckschanzen and barrows, some of which are still clearly visible, bear witness to this . (→ see also: Viereckschanzen in Bayern ) But older traces of human presence from the Neolithic Age were also found in the area of ​​the district.

There are also traces in the district from Roman times. The best known from this period is that Günzburg was founded around 77 AD as the Guntia Fort by the Romans to defend the Danube border . In addition to the fort, a larger civilian settlement developed due to the good integration into the Roman highway network . The Roman burial sites found around Günzburg are the largest excavated Roman burial grounds north of the Alps with several thousand burials. The results of the extensive excavations can be viewed in the Günzburger Heimatmuseum. Further traces from Roman times are the late antique fort near Gundremmingen, also located on the Danube-Iller-Rhine-Limes , called “ Bürgle ”, or the remains of Roman estates near Edelstetten , Stoffenried (municipality of Ellzee ) and Kirrberg (municipality of Balzhausen ).

After the end of the Western Roman Empire during the Migration Period , at least some Romans or Romans and Celts remained, as the settlements of Waldstetten and Waldkirch were identified as places where Walchen and Welsche settled. Up until around the year 1100 AD, when many localities in the district were first mentioned in a document - for example Günzburg in 1065 or Krumbach in 1156 - little is known of the history of the area. One of these few known facts is that the Reisensburg castle, then called "Ricis", was mentioned around the year 600 by the geographer of Ravenna as one of the five most important castles of Alemannia.

Around the year 1300, after the counts of Berg died out, large parts of the area that were not under ecclesiastical rule came into the possession of the House of Habsburg as "settled imperial fiefs" . Over the next 500 years, these areas formed the margraviate of Burgau in Austria . During this entire period, the area of ​​today's district of Günzburg, like the entire Upper Swabia, was divided into many small lordships. The most important secular dominions in today's district were the margraviate Burgau, the Babenhausen line of the Fuggers , the imperial city Ulm ( Leipheim ), the dominions Seyfriedsberg ( Ziemetshausen ), Eberstall- Jettingen and Burtenbach ( Schertlin ). The most important spiritual territories were the realm of Wettenhausen and Ursberg , the roggenburg abbey , the Edelstetten monastery and the Augsburg monastery .

Regional courts

After the area came to Bavaria, the Wettenhausen and Ursberg district courts were established in 1804 and the Günzburg district court in 1806 . In 1808 the seat of the Wettenhausen District Court was relocated to Burgau . The Burgau district court belonged to the Upper Danube district , the Günzburg and Ursberg district courts to the Illerkreis . From 1817 all three regional courts belonged to the Oberdonaukreis (from 1838 Schwaben and Neuburg , later only Swabia). In 1837 the seat of the Ursberg Regional Court was relocated to Krumbach and accordingly renamed the Krumbach Regional Court .

District Offices

The district office of Günzburg was formed in 1862 through the merger of the regional courts of the older order Burgau and Günzburg. The Krumbach District Office also followed the Krumbach District Court.

On April 1, 1872, Günzburg became a district immediate city .

On the occasion of the reform of the layout of the Bavarian district offices, the Günzburg district office received municipalities from the Dillingen district office on January 1, 1880 . At the same time, the Krumbach district office was expanded to include some municipalities from the Illertissen and Mindelheim district offices and ceded municipalities to the Augsburg district office .

On June 1, 1927, the Günzburg district office was expanded to include the Gundremmingen community of the Dillingen district office.

Counties

The coat of arms of the old district of Günzburg before the territorial reform

On January 1, 1939, as everywhere in the German Reich, the designation district was introduced. The district offices became the districts of Günzburg and Krumbach (Swabia). On April 1, 1940, Günzburg was reintegrated into the Günzburg district, but this was revised again on April 1, 1949.

District of Günzburg

As part of the regional reform in Bavaria , a new district was formed on July 1, 1972, which was initially called Günzkreis . Components of the new district were

  • until then independent city of Gunzburg, the status of a place of their circle of freedom district town received
  • all municipalities of the old district of Günzburg
  • all communities of the dissolved district of Krumbach (Swabia) with the exception of the communities Hasberg and Tiefenried , which came to the district of Unterallgäu and
  • the communities of Schönebach and Uttenhofen in the Augsburg district.

On May 1, 1973, the new district was renamed the Günzburg district .

On January 1, 1978, the communities Ettlishofen (with Hetschwang ) and Silheim moved from the Neu-Ulm district to the Günzburg district and were incorporated into the Bibertal community .

Population development

The district of Günzburg, which was newly established in 1972, gained over 15,000 inhabitants between 1988 and 2003 or grew by approx. 14%. From the mid-2000s, the development was initially in decline. The population has increased significantly again since 2013. Between 1988 and 2018 the district grew from 107,722 to 125,747 by 18,025 inhabitants or by 16.7%.

The following population figures refer to the area as of May 25, 1987.

Population development
year 1950 1961 1970 1987 1991 1996 2000 2005 2010 2015
Residents 101,627 96.125 104,327 107.120 113,323 120,269 121,563 122,450 120,451 123.153

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the district
 Blazon : “Split; in front in red a half silver eagle at the slit; in the back five times at an angle to the left divided by silver and red, covered by a golden pole. "
Reasons for the coat of arms: The heraldic left side of the coat of arms is reminiscent of the Margraviate of Burgau . The half eagle on the right is taken from the coat of arms of the Schwabegg rule .

Economy and Infrastructure

The economic structure is characterized by small and medium-sized businesses. The largest industrial employers are Al-Ko from Kötz and the world's largest manufacturer of shopping trolleys and luggage trolleys, Wanzl from Leipheim . The manufacturing and processing industry and the service sector form the supporting pillars with around 43% and 41% of all jobs respectively. The area of health and social affairs is particularly pronounced .

In the Future Atlas 2016 , the district of Günzburg was ranked 102nd out of 402 districts, municipal associations and independent cities in Germany, making it one of the regions with “future opportunities”.

In October 2018, the unemployment rate in the Günzburg district was 1.5%.

traffic

rail

In the Günzburg district, the Bavarian State Railway opened the main line from Augsburg to Ulm via Burgau and Günzburg as early as 1853/54 . The Danube Valley Railway from Ingolstadt has been flowing into Neuoffingen station since 1876 .

The Mittelschwabenbahn , which was extended to Mindelheim in 1910 , leads from the district town of Günzburg in the Günz valley to Ichenhausen and further in the Kammeltal to Krumbach .

The city of Thannhausen an der Mindel was connected to the main line in 1894 by a - also state - local railway to Dinkelscherben . Passenger traffic was stopped here in 1966, and parts of the route have since been removed.

Street

The federal highway 8 (Munich – Stuttgart) crosses the district with junctions at Burgau, Günzburg and Leipheim. The federal highway 16 runs within the district almost in a north-south direction. Coming from Gundelfingen it connects Günzburg, Ichenhausen and Krumbach; south it continues to Mindelheim . The Interstate 10 runs from the motorway junction towards Leipheim Neu-Ulm . The federal highway 300 coming from Augsburg connects Ziemetshausen and Thannhausen to the trunk road network and crosses the federal highway 16 near Krumbach; it leaves the district area southwest of the former district town.

tourism

Ursberg Monastery

In addition to the Legoland near Günzburg, the many churches and monasteries built in the Baroque era , which are also the reason why the district of Günzburg and the neighboring areas are called Swabian Baroque angles , are worth seeing . The better-known examples are the Wettenhausen , Ursberg and Edelstetten monasteries , the pilgrimage churches of All Saints and Maria Vesperbild , the Frauenkirche in Günzburg and the parish church of St. Michael in Krumbach . The churches in the villages are often no less impressive than the larger buildings mentioned.

Also worth seeing in the district are the old town of Günzburg, the forest botanical park at Seyfriedsberg Castle , the Krumbad - the oldest spa in Swabia - and the museums in the district (→ see list of museums in the Günzburg district ).

The landscape, in which hills and valleys, forests, meadows and fields alternate, invites you to go on long bike tours and hikes. Several supraregional and regional bike and hiking trails also run through the district: Danube Cycle Path , Via Julia , Mindeltal Cycle Path , Günztal Cycle Path, Kammeltal Cycle Path , Zusamradweg, 7-Schwaben-Tour, Swabian Potato Tour, the Swabian-Allgäu hiking trail and also a short section of the Bavarian-Swabian Jakobusweg through the community of Ziemetshausen .

Of the many former excavator ponds designed as bathing lakes, the Silbersee near Burgau and Oberrieder Weiher near Breitenthal recreational areas are likely to be the most beautiful and largest.

politics

Hans Reichhart (CSU) has been the district administrator since May 1, 2020 . Its predecessors were

List of district officials (until 1939) and district administrators

Surname Term of office
Karl Wilhelm Anton Braun June 15, 1862-10. March 1870
Michael Reuder March 10, 1870-8. December 1882
Franz Xaver Edelhard February 1, 1883-30. September 1892
Adolf Zink October 1, 1892–16. May 1894
Konrad Zinn May 16, 1894-9. August 1901
Richard of Bibra October 1, 1901-16. June 1905
Heinrich Kolb June 16, 1905-30. September 1910
Ludwig Wimmer October 1, 1910-30. April 1915
Georg Seubelt May 1, 1915-19. November 1919
Lorenz Quaglia December 1, 1919-30. September 1934
Edgar Grudge October 1, 1934-20. November 1937
Ferdinand Merckel ( acting ) November 20, 1937-31. March 1938
Erich Prieger April 1, 1938-25. April 1945
Karl Deml June 1945–30. November 1945
Otto Baumann December 1, 1945–28. May 1946
Ferdinand Merckel May 28, 1946-31. August 1960
Bruno Merk September 1, 1960–6. December 1966
Leopold Beer ( acting ) December 6, 1966–6. March 1967
Georg Simnacher March 6, 1967-30. April 1996
Hubert Hafner May 1, 1996-30. April 2020

District council

The municipal elections in Bavaria in 2014 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

Parties and constituencies %
2014 		Seats
2014 		%
2008 		Seats
2008
Local election 2014
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
49.49%
17.3%
16.5%
9.64%
7.07%
Gains and losses
compared to 2008
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
-1.91  % p
+ 0.1  % p
-2.4  % p
+ 3.94  % p.p.
+0.17  % p.p.
CSU Christian-Social Union in Bavaria 49.49 30th 51.4 32
FWV Free voter association 17.3 10 17.2 10
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 16.5 10 18.9 11
Green Alliance 90 / The Greens 9.64 6th 5.7 3
FDP Free Democratic Party / Free Citizens 7.07 4th 6.9 4th
total 100 60 100 60
voter turnout 54.92% 60.3%

Members of the district council are Georg Nüßlein MdB, Alfred Sauter MdL and Hans Reichhart MdL, who is the chairman of the CSU parliamentary group.

Communities

(Residents on December 31, 2019)

Cities

Markets

Other communities
Baden-Württemberg Landkreis Augsburg Landkreis Dillingen an der Donau Landkreis Neu-Ulm Landkreis Unterallgäu Winzerwald Ebershauser-Nattenhauser Wald Aichen Aletshausen Balzhausen Bibertal Breitenthal (Schwaben) Bubesheim Burgau Burtenbach Deisenhausen Dürrlauingen Ebershausen Ebershausen Ellzee Günzburg Gundremmingen Haldenwang (Landkreis Günzburg) Ichenhausen Jettingen-Scheppach Kammeltal Kötz Krumbach (Schwaben) Landensberg Leipheim Münsterhausen Neuburg an der Kammel Offingen Rettenbach (Landkreis Günzburg) Röfingen Thannhausen (Schwaben) Ursberg Waldstetten (Günz) Waltenhausen Wiesenbach (Schwaben) Winterbach (Schwaben) ZiemetshausenMunicipalities in GZ.svg
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Administrative communities

  • Haldenwang
    (communities Dürrlauingen, Haldenwang, Landensberg, Röfingen and Winterbach)
  • Ichenhausen
    (City of Ichenhausen, Markt Waldstetten and municipality of Ellzee)
  • Kötz
    (municipalities of Bubesheim and Kötz)
  • Krumbach (Swabia)
    (communities of Aletshausen, Breitenthal, Deisenhausen, Ebershausen, Waltenhausen and Wiesenbach)
  • Offingen
    (Market Offingen and communities Gundremmingen and Rettenbach)
  • Thannhausen
    (City of Thannhausen, Markt Münsterhausen and municipality of Balzhausen)
  • Ziemetshausen
    ( Ziemetshausen market and Aichen municipality)

Unregulated areas

Municipalities of the district before the territorial reform 1971/78

Before the regional reform, the district of Günzburg had 66 communities. Up until 1927 the district, which was then called the Günzburg district office, had one less municipality. At the beginning of this year, Gundremmingen , which previously belonged to the Dillingen district office , became part of the Günzburg district.

In the northeast, the district bordered on the district of Dillingen an der Donau , in the east on the district of Wertingen (until 1929: district office Zusmarshausen ), in the southeast on the district of Augsburg (until 1929: district office Zusmarshausen), in the south on the district of Krumbach , in the west to the district of Neu-Ulm and in the northwest to the Baden-Württemberg districts of Ulm and Heidenheim .

In the case of the parishes that were dissolved, it is noted in brackets to which parish the place belongs today. The churches that still exist are in italics.

Location in Bavaria
The former district of Günzburg: all places named for communities are shown; Numbers on the map: see the list of municipalities opposite

Cities

Markets

Other communities

Unregulated areas

  • Ettenbeurerforst (today a district of the municipality of Kammeltal )
  • Galgenforst (today a district of the municipality of Kammeltal )
  • Rohrer Wald (today a district of the municipality of Kammeltal )

(Source below)

Protected areas

There are ten nature reserves , ten landscape protection areas , eight FFH areas and at least four geotopes designated by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (as of May 2016) in the district.

See also:

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign GZ when the vehicle registration number that is still valid today was introduced . It is still issued today.

Until the 1990s, vehicles from the old district of Krumbach (Swabia) received license plates with the letter pairs VA to ZZ and the numbers from 1 to 99, later with the letter pairs CA to CZ and EA to EZ and the numbers from 100 to 999.

Since July 13, 2013, due to the license plate liberalization , the distinguishing mark KRU (Krumbach (Schwaben)) has been available.

See also

Web links

Commons : Landkreis Günzburg  - 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. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 475 .
  3. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 97 .
  4. ↑ Entry on the coat of arms of the district of Günzburg  in the database of the House of Bavarian History , accessed on September 5, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Future Atlas 2016. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 2, 2017 ; accessed on March 23, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.prognos.com
  6. ^ Georg Kreuzer: Short biographies of the Günzburg and Krumbach district officials and district administrators, Günzburg 1999
  7. ↑ District election 2014 - District of Günzburg: http://wahl.landkreis-guenzburg.de/774000_000029/0007740000000.html | accessed on October 7, 2015
  8. ↑ "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 ).
  9. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Former district of Günzburg. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  10. ↑ Page about the district of Dillingen at gemeindeververzeichnis.de - accessed on October 24, 2009
  11. ↑ List of districts and district offices in Bavaria
  12. ^ Page about the district of Günzburg at gemeindeververzeichnis.de - accessed on October 26, 2009