Wittelsbacher Land
As Wittelsbach country is today called Aichach-Friedberg in Bavaria . It borders the city of Augsburg . The Altlandkreis Aichach is the Bavarian ancestral home of the Wittelsbach family , the ruling family that ruled Bavaria for 738 years. The area is located in the administrative district of Swabia , but the old districts of Aichach and Friedberg are historically predominantly part of old Bavaria .
Important places are the cities of Aichach and Friedberg as well as Affing , Aindling , Dasing , Kissing , Mering and Pöttmes .
Language and dialect
A special feature of the region is its dialect, which includes the Baier dialect and Swabian dialect components. The predominantly Upper Bavarian pronunciation of the words is typical here. In most verbs, however, the 2nd person singular is followed by the typical Swabian "-sch", so "kann" is pronounced "kannsch", a sign of the mixed area between Bavaria and Swabia . The Altlandkreis Aichach has belonged to the administrative district of Swabia since the regional reform in 1972. The village of Aichach was the 1817 from Augsburg ruled Oberdonau circle slammed, the forerunner of today's governmental district of Swabia. The Altlandkreis Friedberg belongs - after various interludes ( Isarkkreis ) - since 1944 to the administrative district of Swabia. The settlement border between Baiern and Alemanni running along the Lech is also reflected here in the local dialect ( Lechrainerisch ). The historical affiliation to old Bavaria is strongly emphasized, especially as a trademark for tourism.
Attractions
- Remains of Wittelsbach Castle , ancestral castle of the Wittelsbach family ( Oberwittelsbach near Aichach)
- the moated castle Unterwittelsbach ("Sisi-Schloss"), residence of Duke Max in Bavaria and his daughter "Sisi", who later became Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary
- the Wittelsbach Castle in Friedberg
- the city centers of the ducal cities of Aichach and Friedberg
- Gut Mergenthau near Kissing
- the pilgrimage churches of Maria Birnbaum in Sielenbach , St. Leonhard in Inchenhofen , the pilgrimage church Herrgottsruh in Friedberg, Maria Kappel in Schmiechen and St. Afra im Felde (southwest of Friedberg).
Movies
- Treasury of Bavaria, castles and palaces in the Wittelsbacher Land , BR 2008, a film documentation by Bernhard Graf
literature
- Martin Kluger : Wittelsbacher Land. Aims in the Aichach-Friedberg district , context, Augsburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-939645-64-1 .
- Landschaftspflegeverband Aichach-Friedberg e. V .: Natural treasures in the Wittelsbacher Land - A journey of discovery to the treasures on our doorstep , Aichach 2014.