Aichach
Aichach 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. Bavaria's only women's prison was established in Aichach in 1909.History
Aichach's history dates back nearly 1000 years.Mayor
Since 1996: Klaus HabermannTown twinning
Aichach is twinned with:
- Brixlegg, Austria
- Schifferstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Gödöllő, Hungary
- Matthias Greitter, cantor and composer
- Franz Beck, member of parliament and mayor of the city
- Vincenz Müller, officer of Reichswehr, Wehrmacht and NVA
- Rudolf Wagner, a teacher, local historian and archivist
- Chrislo Haas, musician
- Erhard Bühler, major general
- Harry Blank, actor
- Christoph Burkhard, German footballer
- Johannes Engel, also known as Johannes Angelus, was a doctor, astronomer and astrologer
