Aitrang

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Aitrang

Location of Aitrang within Ostallgäu district

Coordinates: 47°49′N 10°32′E / 47.817°N 10.533°ECoordinates: 47°49′N 10°32′E / 47.817°N 10.533°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Jürgen Schweikart

Area

• Total

30.71 km² (11.86 sq mi)

Elevation

745 m (2,444 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

2,033

• Density

66/km² (170/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

87648

08343

OAL

Website

www.aitrang.de

Aitrang is a municipality in the district of Ostallgäu in Bavaria in Germany.

Aitrang lies in the south Bavarian Region Allgäu.

It encompasses districts of: Aitrang, Huttenwang, Wenglingen. Administrative responsibility also extends to the outlying villages of Binnings, Goerwangs, Krähberg, Neuenried, Wolfholz, Münzenried and Umwangs as well as several Farms. The district also covers the Eibsee (lake).

Earliest written record of Aitrang can be found in the records of the King of the Franken Pepin the Short (741-768) where the village is mentioned. The village was considered the property of the Reichsvogtei (Abbot's Residence) and St. Mang's Abbey, Füssen, and from 1227 was signed over and charged to the Lower Court Authority. The Reichsvogtei had been confiscated many times due to debts, and finally was sold in 1524 to the Fürststift Kempten. For a time leading up to the year 1803 the rights over the village were divided between the Town of Kempten (to the west) and Abby of St. Mang in Füssen to the south. In 1803 the village was finally assigned to the Duke (Fürsten|Fürst) of Oettingen-Wallerstein. In 1806 a further change took place when the region was succeeded as part of the Rheinbundakte to the state of Bavaria. As part of the reform of Bavarian Administration in 1818 the village took on the legal form which prevailed through to 1978 when the sub-districts of Huttenwang, Hamlet of Neuenried, Umwangs and Wolfholz were merged into Aitrang. In 1982 the Hamlet of Wenglingen (previously part of Apfeltrang near Kaufbeuren) was adopted after a local referendum.

In the modern boundaries of the Political border of the village, the growth is as follows 1970 Aitrang had 1,632 residents, 1987 it had 1,757 and in 2000 1.942.

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