Augsburg (district)
The district of Augsburg in the Bavarian administrative region of Swabia, with about 240,000 inhabitants in terms of population is the third largest county in Bavaria.
It is bordered on the north by the district of Donau -Ries, on the east by the Aichach- Friedberg, at the district-free city of Augsburg and the Landkreis Landsberg am Lech, in the south of the county Ostallgaeu, on the southwest by the Unterallgäu and to the west by the district of Günzburg and the district of Dillingen on the Danube.
Geography
The district encompasses the city of Augsburg, Augsburg from all sides except the east. South of Augsburg is the Lechfeld. Also, the northern district is located in the Lech Valley. The landscapes in the western district of Augsburg are - from north to south: Holzwinkel Reischenau and perennials.
Economy and life
The economy in the district is strongly oriented towards Augsburg, unemployment is consistently low (May 2012: 2.6%). The population trend is positive ( ie more births than deaths and immigration ), the proportion of foreigners is 6.3 % (as of 2010).
The indebtedness of the district of Augsburg has risen to 45.8 million euros in 2011.
History
In today's district area originated in 1803 the regional court districts Goeggingen, Schwabmunchen, Wertingen and Zusmarshausen. They belonged in 1808 to Lech circle and from 1810 to the Upper Danube circle. 1810 Augsburg was a circular immediate city. As of 1838, the county courts were part of the circle of Swabia and Neuburg, who later became administrative region of Swabia.
1862, the district offices Goeggingen, Wertingen and Zusmarshausen were taken from the district courts built, but the seat of the county Goeggingen was moved in the same year to Augsburg and thus referred to as county Augsburg. It was responsible for the congregations of the former county courts Goeggingen and Schwabmunchen. In 1900 the district office Schwabmunchen was built by splitting the county Augsburg as part of a reorganization of the districts. In 1929, the county Zusmarshausen was dissolved and divided his churches on the district offices Augsburg and Wertingen. The thus remaining districts of Augsburg, Munich and Schwab Wertingen were referred from 1939 as counties.
The local government reform in Bavaria in 1972 and parts of the former county Wertingen and some places of the districts Donauwörth and Neuburg on the Danube was formed a new county from the two counties Augsburg and Schwabmunchen, who first received the designation district of Augsburg -West. In return, the cities and towns Goeggingen, Haunstetten, Inningen and Bergheim were incorporated into the district-free city of Augsburg and reclassified two municipalities in the district of Günzburg. Augsburg became the seat of the new county, who received his still valid designation " district of Augsburg " on May 1, 1973.
On 1 January 1994, the district was slightly reduced, when the community Baar was reclassified again independently and in Aichach- Friedberg spin-off from the community Thierhaupten.
Population Development
The district of Augsburg won 1988-2008 approximately 45,000 residents added or increased by approximately 23 %.
Monuments
See monuments in the district of Augsburg
Coat of arms
The current coat of arms shows under red and silver shield main split, split by silver and blue, a red front Ulrich Cross, behind a golden lily ( Fugger - lily).
The former county coat of arms (up to 1972) is among of red and silver shield split main split, in front of a blue gold, heraldic lily, back diagonally left five times shared by silver and red, covered with a golden pile.
Policy
The council consists of 70 members:
Traffic
The first railroad to Augsburg opened 1840 Munich - Augsburg Railway Company. Four years later, the Ludwig South - North train their range of Donauwörth ago to Augsburg and extended it in 1847 south towards Buchloe - Kempten. The Bavarian State then completed the rail junction Augsburg with the line to Gunzburg and Ulm in 1853 / 54th
Other routes of the Bavarian State Railways were opened with branches in Augsburg- inch high or Mering: 1875 to Ingolstadt and 1898 to Geltendorf and Weilheim.
In Bobingen on the road to Buchloe since 1877, the beginning of the Lechfeld train to Klosterlechfeld and Landsberg.
From stations of the line to Ulm its output took the following tracks:
- From 1894 Dinkelscherben - Thannhausen
- 1903 Welden Augsburg-
- From 1911/12 Gessertshausen - market forest Untertürkheim
The national railway network thus reached a maximum circumference of 172 km in length. 48 km of which were shut down for the passenger:
On the latter route offers the Staudenbahn in the summer to a tourist traffic.
The AVG Augsburg Transport mbH operates public transport in Augsburg city and mountains with an electrified since 1898 meter-gauge tram, which was preceded by a standard gauge train horses since 1881.
Cities and Towns
(Population at 31 December 2012)
Cities
Markets
Management Communities
Communities
Free community area
Towns and villages of the district before the municipal reform 1971/78
Until the local government reform in 1971/78 the district of Augsburg had 73 communities ( see list below).
In the north, bordering the county to the county value Willingen, in the northeast on the Aichach, on the east by the county-level city of Augsburg, in the southeast to the county Friedberg, on the south by the county Schwabmunchen and to the west by the districts of Krumbach ( Schwaben) and Gunzburg. As today the city of Augsburg was the seat of the district administration.
The villages of the district of Augsburg before the municipal reform 1971/78. ( The towns that still exist today are written in bold. )