Aichach

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Aichach (; Central Bavarian: Oacha) is a town in Germany, located in the Bundesland of Bavaria and situated just northeast of Augsburg. It is the capital of the district of Aichach-Friedberg. The municipality of Aichach counts some 20,000 inhabitants. It is not far from the motorway that connects Munich and Stuttgart, the A8. The local river is called Paar.

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History Aichach's history dates back nearly 1000 years.

A prison for women was established in Aichach in 1909. In 1967, Ilse Koch, also known as The Witch of Buchenwald, committed suicide here.

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Parish parts There are 40 parts of the municipality:

• Aich (chapel)
• Aichach (main town)
• Aichach (railway station)
• Algertshausen (Kirchdorf)
• Andersbach (wasteland)
• Blumenthal (hamlet)
• Ecknach (Pfarrdorf)
• Edenried (Kirchdorf)
• Eitershofen (wasteland)
• Frogham (Wasteland)
• Gallenbach (parish village)
• Gansbach (wasteland)
• Griesbeckerzell (parish village)
• Hiesling (village)
• courtyard garden (village)
• Ippertshausen (hamlet)
• Blades (parish village)
• Knottenried (wasteland)
• Matzenberg (wasteland)
• Neuhausen (hamlet)
• Neulhof (upper) (hamlet)
• Neulhof (lower) (wasteland)
• Neumuehle (hamlet)
• Nisselsbach (wasteland)
• Oberbernbach (parish village)
• Obermauerbach (parish village)
• Oberschneitbach (Kirchdorf)
• Oberwittelsbach (parish village)
• Röckerszell (wasteland)
• Sulzbach (parish village)
• Potting Mill (Wasteland)
• Untergriesbach (village)
• Untermauerbach (Kirchdorf)
• Untermühle (Wasteland)
• Unterschneitbach (Kirchdorf)
• Unterwittelsbach (village)
• Walchshofen
• Wilpersberg (wasteland)
• Windten (Wasteland)
• Wöresbach (wasteland)

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Mayor Since 1996: Klaus Habermann (born 1953) (SPD)

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Twin towns – sister cities Aichach is Sister city with:

• Brixlegg, Austria
• Gödöllő, Hungary
• Schifferstadt, Germany

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Notable people

• Erhard Bühler (born 1956), major general
• Christoph Burkhard (born 1984), footballer
• Johannes Engel (1453–1512), doctor, astronomer and astrologerErnst Zinner, E. Brown (translator) (1990). Regiomontanus, His Life and Work. Amsterdam; New York; Oxford; Tokyo: North-Holland (Elsevier). .
• Matthias Greitter (1495–1550), cantor and composer
• Chrislo Haas (1956–2004), musician
• Vincenz Müller (1894–1961), officer of Reichswehr, Wehrmacht and NVA

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