Aitrach

Aitrach is a municipality in the southeast of Baden-Württemberg and belongs to the district of Ravensburg.

3.1 religions
3.2 Population development

4.1 municipal
4.2 Mayor
4.3 Management Community

5.1 Structures

6.1 traffic
6.2 Established businesses
6.3 Education

Geography

Geographical location

Aitrach between Leutkirch and Memmingen at the mouth of the river Aitrach in the Iller.

Neighboring communities

The community Aitrach borders the following cities and towns: In the north of Haslach and Tannheim in the district of Biberach, on the east by the district-free city Memmingen in Bavaria and Lautrach in the Bavarian district of Lower Allgäu region, to the south Aichstetten and to the west by Bad Wurzach (both in Ravensburg ).

Boroughs

Still exist alongside the core area Aitrach following boroughs:

Mooshausen
Treherz

In addition, among Aitrach following districts and Places: Marstetten, Ferthofen, top and Untermuken, Schmiddis, Schnaggenberg, Red reason Baniswald, Sigglis, Vogelherdhöhle, Forest, St. Johann, Stibi, Rank, Burghaldenstrasse, Pfänder, Oberhausen, Riedhof.

History

The first mention of Aitrach dates from the year 838 In this document, which is preserved in the monastery of St. Gall, it came to an exchange transaction between the monastery of Kempten and the Count Wanning. The story Aitrachs is connected with the history of the castle Marstetten. After the Thirty Years' War, the village was almost extinct and recovered only very slowly.

Religions

Aitrach is dominated Roman Catholic as the surrounding countryside. The community is home to the parish of St. Gordianus and Epimachus in Aitrach, the parish of St. John the Baptist in Treherz and the parish of St. John the Baptist in Mooshausen. All parishes belong to the pastoral care unit Aitrach, the Dean's Office Allgaeu Upper Swabia and the diocese of Rottenburg- Stuttgart. Pastor is currently pastor Martin Rist.

The Protestant church Aitrach comprises about 300 square km area municipalities Aitrach, Tannheim, Aichstetten, as well as the places Haslach (village of Rot an der Rot ) and Hauerz ( part of Bad Wurzach ). The Protestant diaspora community is part of the Dean's Office Ravensburg and has 1100 members (13 % of the inhabitants of the municipal area; 2004). There is also a New Apostolic Church in the village.

Population Development

Policy

Parish council

The council consists of 12 elected for five years local councils and the Mayor since the 2009 election. The choice was as follows:

Mayor

Management community

With the city and the community Leutkirch Aichstetten administrative matters has been agreed.

Culture and sights

Structures

The churches of St. Gordianus and Epimachus in Aitrach and St. John the Baptist in Mooshausen are among the most important buildings of the community. The ruins Marstetten is still in the possession of the house Waldenburg. The former Zehntstadel is from 1511 and is the oldest surviving building in the original place. In addition to the Fürst- Erich Chapel, a wayside chapel at the site in the forest, at the Erich von Waldburg- Zeil 1953 with his car died in an accident, there is the Bruder Konrad chapel, court chapel Bad and the Fatima Chapel.

Economy and infrastructure

The main source of Aitracher citizen was next to the agriculture of the timber trade and the Illerflößerei. At times every second man was a rafter. As earliest mention of the Illerflößerei the imperial customs privileges from the year 1397, which were the noble house Königsegg granted as owner of the castle Marstetten apply. The imperial owner rights to the rafting later went over to the royal house of Waldburg- Zeil. With the decline of the timber floating established a first industrialization. Mills settled and the gravel and stone mining grew in importance, gravel for the railroad was sought. After the Second World War, the structural change from low rafters and farming village set in a community that is strongly influenced by trade and industry, reinforced continuously.

Traffic

Aitrach is by the federal highway 96 (Lindau (Bodensee) - Memmingen - Munich, Germany) connected to the national road network. Due to the near Memmingen junction is also a connection from north to south with the A 7 In the district Marstetten is a train station that links the community over the train track Leutkirch -Memmingen with the rail network. In the town the provincial road 260 and county road 7922 crossing. Through the district Ferthofen leads the country road 2009.

Established businesses

In the village there are several companies, primarily in the industrial area Ferthofen. There is also the world leader in parking systems, the company Klaus Multiparking, resident.

Education

In the capital there is a primary and secondary school. For the youngest inhabitants, there are the nursery Noah's ark.

Personalities

Josef Weiger (1883-1966), Roman Catholic priest in Mooshausen
Alfons Baumgartner (1904-1976), Roman Catholic priest, born in Treherz

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