Gablingen

Gablingen is a municipality in the Swabian district of Augsburg.

  • 2.1 Amalgamations
  • 3.1 Coat of Arms
  • 5.1 monuments

Geography

Gablingen is located about 10 kilometers north- west of Augsburg on the edge of the Natural Park Augsburg - Western forests. On the eastern outskirts of the village the Schmutter flows. On the eastern edge of the municipality is the military airfield Gersthofen Gablingen on which the monitoring system is Gablingen.

Districts

The municipality Gablingen include not only Gablingen even the districts Gablingen settlement, Holzhausen, Lützelburg and Muttershofen.

History

The vicarage Gablingen was first mentioned in 1144. From 1527 to 1806 the church was in possession of the Fugger family, then the place came to the Kingdom of Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, was born with the congregation of 1818, the current community. 1944 was located here, a subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp.

Incorporations

On 1 May 1978, until then independent municipality Lützelburg was incorporated.

Policy

Allocation of seats in the 16 members of the municipal council ( state local elections 2008 ):

  • CSU: 4 seats
  • Christian Social Centre: 6 seats
  • SPD / FW: 3 seats
  • Luetzel burger list: 2 seats
  • Citizens Union: 1 seat
  • Young citizens Gablingen: 1 seat

Karl Hörmann is the mayor of Gablingen.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: Split of blue and gold; forward on a green, with silver cross flow occupied Dreienberg a silver lock with high gables and a covered red tower, behind a blue lily.

Traffic

Gablingen has a station on the railway line between Nuremberg and Augsburg.

Culture and sights

In Gablingen there is an Archaeological Museum, which houses finds from the area. It will be exhibited from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages objects. In addition, provide information on the development of medieval castles in the Augsburg district.

Monuments

  • Significantly, the Baroque parish church of St. Martin from 1734 to 1738 as a foundation of the Fugger. Church tower and choir of the church Gablinger date from the second half of the 15th century. Two Fugger'sche alliance coat of arms can be found at the two altars in the cross arms of the church.
  • Castle Gablingen: The Fugger acquired in 1527 by Sebastian Knöringen the south adjacent to the rule Bibersbach rule Gablingen and its castle. The castle was rebuilt under the Fuggers since the 16th century and expanded. Gablingen Castle stands on a hillside high above the river edge Schmutter and was until 1889 the family Fugger - Babenhausen.
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