Aach, Baden-Württemberg
town in Germany
Aach [aːx] is a small town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Being situated close to Lake Constance and the Swiss border, it is mostly known for the Aachtopf — Germany's biggest natural spring in terms of production.
Aach | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Aach within Konstanz district  | |
  Aach  Aach | |
| Coordinates: 47°50′44″N 8°51′6″E / 47.84556°N 8.85167°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Freiburg |
| District | Konstanz |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2017–25) | Manfred Ossola[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.69 km2 (4.13 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 545 m (1,788 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,384 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (580/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 78267 |
| Dialling codes | 07774 |
| Vehicle registration | KN |
| Website | www.aach.de |
Lordship of Aach Herrschaft Aach | |||||||||
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| before 1100 – 1805 | |||||||||
| Status | Lordship | ||||||||
| Capital | Aach | ||||||||
| Common languages | Low Alemannic | ||||||||
| Government | Lordship | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
before 1100 10th century | |||||||||
1283 | |||||||||
| 1499 | |||||||||
• Occupied: German Peasants' War | 1525 | ||||||||
• Ravaged during French Revolutionary Wars | March 25, 1799 | ||||||||
• Mediatised to Baden | 1805 | ||||||||
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Aach has a city council with twelve seats. The last elections in 2004 brought three seats for the CDU, three seats for the SPD and four seats for independent voters' associations. Aach's mayor is Severin Graf (CDU).
References
change- ↑ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 13 September 2021.
- ↑ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
Other websites
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aach (Hegau).
- (in German) Aach:History and images Archived 2013-01-06 at Archive.today
