Mickhausen

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 48 ° 15 '  N , 10 ° 38'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Swabia
County :	augsburg
Management Community :	Perennials
Height :	540 m above sea level NHN
Area :	15.89 km 2
Residents:	1438 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	90 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	86866
Area code :	08204
License plate :	A , SMÜ, WHO
Community key :	09 7 72 178
Community structure:	12 parts of the community
Address of the municipal administration:	Klosterweg 2 86866 Mickhausen
Website :	www.mickhausen.de
Mayor :	Mirko Kujath ( Free Voters )
Location of the community Mickhausen in the Augsburg district

Mickhausen (June 2007)

Mickhausen from the northwest

Mickhausen is a municipality in the Swabian district of Augsburg and a member of the Stauden administrative community based in Langenneufnach .

geography

The community is located in the southwest of the Augsburg district in the middle of the perennials . The perennials form the main part of the Augsburg Western Forests Nature Park . The Schmutter flows through Mickhausen .

The municipality has 12 officially named municipal parts (the type of settlement is indicated in brackets ):

Blessenauhof ( wasteland ) Grimoldsried ( parish village ) Kelchsried ( village ) Köpfingerhof (wasteland) Laiber (wasteland) Mickhausen (parish village)

Munster ( Kirchdorf ) Niederhof (village) Rieger ( hamlet ) Rielhofen (village) Schweinbachhof (hamlet) Zirken (hamlet)

history

Until the church is planted

The Stolzhirsch patrician family from Augsburg were landlords here in the 13th and 14th centuries , followed by the Lords of Freiberg, who were landlords in the municipality from the 14th to the 16th centuries. The Counts Fugger owned the place and the castle from the 16th to 19th centuries. Since the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, the area has belonged to the Electorate of Bavaria .

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018 the community grew from 1,108 to 1,418 by 310 inhabitants or 28%.

Incorporations

The current municipality of Mickhausen was created on May 1, 1978 in the course of the municipal reform when the municipalities of Münster and Grimoldsried , which had been independent since 1818 , were incorporated into Mickhausen. Parts of the dissolved community of Reinhartshofen with then about 50 inhabitants ( Laiber , Rieger and Zirken ) were also added.

politics

Municipal council

The Mickhausen municipal council consists of twelve members. Another member and chairman of the municipal council is the mayor. In the last local election on March 16, 2014 , the turnout was 56.5%. It brought the following result:

• CSU / Independent Community of Voters: 5 seats
• List Münster: 4 seats
• List Grimoldsried: 3 seats

mayor

Mayor has been Mirko Kujath ( Free Voters ) since May 1, 2020 ; he was elected on March 15, 2020 with 51.6% of the vote. Its predecessors were

• Anton Müller (CSU / UWG / GH) from 1982 to 2008 and
• Hans Biechele (CSU / UWG / Listen) from 2008 to 2020.

Attractions

• Mickhausen Castle

Three-storey four-winged building as Renaissance - Castle of 15-16. Century; around 1695 and renewed renovations around 1842, today houses the municipal administration and is a monument .

• Catholic parish church St. Wolfgang : Anton Fugger had the church built from 1535 to 1538 instead of a demolished palace chapel of Emperor Maximilian I.
• Catholic chapel Herrgottsruh: The chapel Herrgottsruh is located around 300 meters northeast of the parish church of St. Wolfgang on a hill. It was built in 1685 by Paul Fugger ; the design comes from Johann Schmuzer .
• Old farmhouse, second half of the 16th century: Hauptstraße 52, with a listed door frame as a cloverleaf vault around the front door, there is also the completely preserved roof structure with St. Andrew's crosses .

See also : List of architectural monuments in Mickhausen

Soil monuments

See: List of ground monuments in Mickhausen

Others

The Mickhausen hill climb started in the Münster district from 1964 to 1985 and again since 2001 .

literature

• Martin Kluger : The Fuggers around Augsburg, Munich and Ulm. Nobility, castles and churches . Context Verlag, Augsburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-939645-43-6 .

Web links

Commons : Mickhausen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on the coat of arms of Mickhausen  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Mickhausen: Official statistics of the LfStat (PDF; 1.23 MB)

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. ^ Community Mickhausen in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bavarian State Library, accessed on August 20, 2019.
3. ^ 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. ^ Result of the local elections in Bavaria on March 16, 2014 - Augsburg district