Munster (Lech)

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Münster
Munster (Lech)
Map of Germany, position of the municipality of Münster highlighted

Coordinates: 48 ° 37 '  N , 10 ° 54'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Swabia
County : Danube Ries
Management Community : Rain
Height : 417 m above sea level NHN
Area : 17.71 km 2
Residents: 1187 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 67 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 86692
Area code : 08276
License plate : DON, Lower Austria
Community key : 09 7 79 187
Community structure: 3 parts of the community
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Rathausplatz 1
86692 Münster
Website : www.gemeinde-muenster.de
Mayor : Jürgen Raab ( CSU )
Location of the municipality of Münster in the Donau-Ries district
Dornstadt-Linkersbaindt Dornstadt-Linkersbaindt Esterholz (gemeindefreies Gebiet) Rain (Lech) Münster (Lech) Holzheim (Landkreis Donau-Ries) Oberndorf am Lech Mertingen Donauwörth Asbach-Bäumenheim Genderkingen Niederschönenfeld Marxheim Tagmersheim Rögling Monheim (Schwaben) Kaisheim Buchdorf Daiting Fremdingen Auhausen Oettingen in Bayern Hainsfarth Ehingen am Ries Tapfheim Marktoffingen Maihingen Megesheim Munningen Wolferstadt Wallerstein Nördlingen Reimlingen Ederheim Forheim Amerdingen Wemding Wechingen Harburg (Schwaben) Hohenaltheim Deiningen Alerheim Otting Fünfstetten Huisheim Mönchsdeggingen Möttingen Baden-Württemberg Landkreis Ansbach Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen Landkreis Eichstätt Landkreis Neuburg-Schrobenhausen Landkreis Aichach-Friedberg Landkreis Augsburg Landkreis Dillingen an der Donaumap
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Church of St. Peter and Paul in Munster

Münster is a municipality in the Swabian district of Donau-Ries and a member of the Rain administrative community .

geography

location

Münster is located in the Augsburg planning region .

Expansion of the municipal area

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

The community area consists of the Münster district and part of the dissolved community-free area of Brand .

Neighboring communities

history

Until the church is planted

Münster is considered the foundation of Irish-Scottish monks. It later belonged to the Munich Rent Office and the Rain Regional Court of the Electorate of Bavaria . Until the secularization in 1803 that was Cistercian - Kloster Niederschönenfeld important landowner in the village. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria , the municipal edict of 1818 created the independent municipality of Münster.

District affiliation

Until July 1, 1972, Münster belonged to the district of Neuburg an der Donau and was then added to the district of Donau-Ries as part of the regional reform in Bavaria .

Territorial changes

On May 1, 1978, the municipality of Münster ceded the districts of Altenbach and Königsbrunn to Thierhaupten ( district of Augsburg ) bordering to the south . On July 1, 2014, Münster was given a sub-area of ​​1.5 km² from the former community-free area of Brand .

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018 the municipality grew from 850 to 1,176 by 326 inhabitants or by 38.4%.

year 1961 1970 1987 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
Residents 809 735 856 936 1028 1073 1011 1119

politics

Municipal council

In the election to the local council on March 15, 2020 , the CSU and the Free Voting Community / Free Citizens' Block each occupied six seats, with the CSU receiving slightly more votes (50.44%).

  • Church of St. Peter and Paul

  • Old Hemerten Castle

mayor

1. Mayor was Konrad Dumberger from 1978 to 1994 and Alois Stuber from 1994 to 2008. In the local elections in 2008 and 2014 , Gerhard Pfitzmaier (without competitors) was elected first mayor.

Since May 1, 2020, his successor has been Jürgen Raab (CSU), who was elected on March 15, 2020 without a competitor.

Architectural monuments

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

In 2012, the municipal tax revenue was € 825,000, of which € 227,000 (net) was trade tax revenue. In the same year there were 241 employees subject to social security contributions at the place of work. The community has developed very well in recent years, because in 2000 only 31 jobs subject to social insurance were recorded in the village. The 2012 statistics show the number of employees at home as 546.

education

In 2018 there were the following institutions:

  • 1 day care center with 62 places (2 kindergarten and 1 crèche groups), 44 visitors
  • Primary school in Holzheim (three kilometers), middle school and secondary school in Rain (nine kilometers)

Personalities

  • Albert Schönberger (* 1949), composer and organist at the High Cathedral in Mainz from 1985 to 2010 , spent his childhood and youth in Münster, where he practiced on the church organ.
  • Hans-Georg Andreae (1934–2014), landowner and agricultural functionary

Web links

Commons : Münster  - 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. ^ Münster municipality in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on September 1, 2019.
  3. ↑ 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. 768 .
  4. ^ Official Gazette Swabia 6/2014
  5. ↑ Municipal council election March 15, 2020 - Münster municipality , accessed on May 25, 2020