Aach, Baden-Württemberg

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Name = Aach
Wappen = Wappen Aach.pnglat_deg = 47 |lat_min = 50 |lat_sec = 44
lon_deg = 8 |lon_min = 51 |lon_sec = 6
Bundesland = Baden-Württemberg
Regierungsbezirk = Freiburg
Landkreis = Konstanz
Höhe = 545
Fläche = 10.69
Einwohner = 2208
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 78267
PLZ-alt = 7701
Vorwahl = 07774
Kfz = KN
Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 3 35 001
LOCODE = DE AAC
Straße = Hauptstraße 16
Website = [http://www.aach.de/ www.aach.de]
Bürgermeister = Severin Graf
Partei = CDUInfobox Former Country
native_name = "Herrschaft Aach"
conventional_long_name = Lordship of Aach
common_name = Aach|
continent = Europe
region = Central Europe
country = Germany
era = Middle Ages
status = Vassal
empire = Holy Roman Empire
government_type = Principality|
year_start =
year_end = 1805
life_span = ? – 1805|
event_start = Established, within
Further Austria
date_start =
before 1100
event1 = Rudolph I grants city rights
date_event1 = 1283
event2 = Swabian War
date_event2 = 1499
event3 = Occupied: Peasants' War
date_event3 = 1525
event4 = Ravaged during
date_event4 =
March 25, 1799
event_end = Mediatised to Baden
date_end = |
p1 = Duchy of Swabia
image_p1 =
s1 = Grand Duchy of Baden
flag_s1 = Flagge Großherzogtum Baden (1891-1918).svg|
capital = Aach|
footnotes =

Aach (IPAlink|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.

History

Aach was first mentioned in the year 1100. By the year 1150 the settlement was known in Latin as " _la. Oppidum Ach in Hegovia". Aach was incorporated as a city in 1283 by King Rudolph I of Germany. For the next centuries it was a part of Further Austria.

In 1499 battles of the Swabian War took place right before gates of Aach. Only 26 years later, in 1525, the Peasants' War reached Aach, when region's aristocrats flew from the uprisings to the city, whereupon it was occupied by the rebel peasants. However, the uprisings were thrown down quickly by September 1525.

On March 25, 1799 there was a battle in Aach between Austria and France in the Napoleonic Wars. After Austria's defeat in the Third Coalition 1805, Aach came to the Grand Duchy of Baden, which joined the German Empire in 1871.

After World War II Aach became a part of the new (West) German state of Baden-Württemberg.

Law and government

Aach has formed a cooperation with the nearby City of Engen sharing some of its administrative domains.

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).

Geography

Aach is situated at the edge of the Hegau — a volcanic landscape between Lake Constance and the Swabian Alb mountains. The German–Swiss border lies about 14 km to the southeast.

External links

* [http://www.deheim.de/aach/ Aach:History and images]