Heretsried

Heretsried is a municipality in the Swabian district of Augsburg and a member of the administrative community Welden.

2.1 Amalgamations

3.1 municipal
3.2 Mayor

4.1 monuments
4.2 Other Structures

Geography

Heretsried is located about 15 kilometers north- west of Augsburg in the wood angle of the Natural Park Augsburg Western Woods.

Districts

Heretsried comprises the main town and parish of Heretsried, the Kirchdorf Lauterbrunn and the hamlet Monburg.

History

Heretsried was first mentioned in writing in the 13th century; the church celebrated its 750th anniversary in 1992. She was long in the possession of the monastery Lumber and went in 1600 into worldly possessions. Since the Imperial Diet of 1803 the place belonged to Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in the kingdom of Bavaria created with the municipality edict of 1818, the church today.

Incorporations

On 1 May 1978, until then independent municipality Lauterbrunn and the district Monburg were incorporated the disbanded community Affaltern.

Policy

Parish council

After the last municipal election on March 2, 2008, the council has twelve members. The turnout was 79.3 %. The choice was as follows:

Another member and chairman of the municipal council is the mayor.

Mayor

Josef Carteau since 2008 Mayor of Heretsried. Its predecessor was Helmut Schuster ( UWG).