Aurach

Herzogenaurach is a town in the Central Franconian district of Ansbach.

• 2.1 Amalgamations
• 2.2 Population development

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 partner communities
• 3.3 sponsorship

• 4.1 Museums
• 4.2 Structures
• 4.3 monuments

• 5.1 traffic

• 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Geographical Location

Herzogenaurach is between Altmühltherme and Franks height about halfway from Ansbach to wet cheeks.

Neighboring communities

• Herrieden
• Leutershausen
• Wet cheeks
• Dombühl

Community structure

The municipality consists of the following twelve places:

• Herzogenaurach
• Castle Wahrberg
• Dietenbronn
• Eyerlohe
• Gindelbach
• Good mill

• Haselmühle
• Hilsbach
• Vehlberg
• Vineyard
• Western Home
• Wind Mayrhofen

Climate

Precipitation chart for Herzogenaurach (blue curve) from the mean values ​​( quantiles ) for Germany (gray)

In Herzogenaurach, the average rainfall per year is 789 mm.

History

After 1310 the current municipality came into the possession of the Bishopric of Eichstätt, which was in the Frankish Empire Circle from 1500. With the Imperial Diet of 1803, the site then became part of Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, was born with the congregation of 1818, the current community.

Incorporations

On 1 July 1972, a part of the former municipality Büchelberg was incorporated. On May 1, 1978, in the course of municipal reform added the formerly independent municipality vineyard.

Population Development

Community Herzogenaurach with eingemeindeten districts:

Community Herzogenaurach without inserting my finished districts:

Policy

Parish council

The local council of Herzogenaurach has 14 members.

In the local elections in 2002 won an Association of CSU and Independent voters Community ( UWG) four seats, the Free Voters Association ( FWV ) four seats and the Independent Citizens Weinberg ( UBW ) six seats. In the local elections of 2008, the future alliance community Herzogenaurach, an association of the CSU, unfair competition, and FWV won eight seats, the UBW could defend their six seats. The council Herzogenaurach include not only the mayor, six female and eight male members.

Partner communities

• Dorfhain in Saxony
• Aurach ( Austria )
• Herzogenaurach am Hongar ( Austria )
• Velké Karlovice in eastern Moravia (Czech Republic)

Sponsorship

Culture and sights

Museums

• Bailiwick Museum

Structures

• Historic town hall of 1375 or 1510
• Castle Wahrberg
• Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul in Herzogenaurach
• Seven Sorrows of Mary Parish Church in Vineyard
• Filialkirche Mater dolo pink in wind Mayrhofen
• Chapel to Our Lady in Hilsbach
• Chapel of St. Vitus in Eyerlohe

Monuments

→ List of monuments in Herzogenaurach (Landkreis Ansbach )

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

The A6 motorway runs from east to west by the municipality. On the eastern edge of the municipality is the junction Herzogenaurach. There crosses the A 6 B 14, which was downgraded from the junction to the main road 1066. The state highway crosses the main town and the district of Vineyard from northeast to southwest. Herzogenaurach is connected by bus lines 804 and 805 to the county town of Ansbach, the district town Dinkelsbühl and the neighboring communities. Evenings and weekends runs a call taxi to the train station in Ansbach.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Franz period (1873-1937), born in Weinsberg, railwayman and politician ( BVP ), member of the Reichstag