Heretsried

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Heretsried
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Coordinates: 48°28′N10°44′E / 48.467°N 10.733°E / 48.467; 10.733 Coordinates: 48°28′N10°44′E / 48.467°N 10.733°E / 48.467; 10.733
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Schwaben
District Augsburg
Government
 •  Mayor Heinrich Jäckle
Area
 • Total17.31 km2 (6.68 sq mi)
Elevation
515 m (1,690 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31) [1]
 • Total990
 • Density57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
86465
Dialling codes 08293
Vehicle registration A
Website www.heretsried.de

Heretsried is a municipality in the district of Augsburg in Bavaria in Germany.

Municipalities of Germany the lowest official level of territorial division in Germany

Municipalities are the lowest level of official territorial division in Germany. This is most commonly the third level of territorial division, ranking after the Land (state) and Kreis (district). The Gemeinde which is one level lower in those states also includes Regierungsbezirke as an intermediate territorial division. The Gemeinde is one level higher if it is not part of a Samtgemeinde. Only 10 municipalities in Germany have fifth level administrative subdivisions and all of them are in Bavaria. The highest degree of autonomy may be found in the Gemeinden which are not part of a Kreis. These Gemeinden are referred to as Kreisfreie Städte or Stadtkreise, sometimes translated as having "city status". This can be the case even for small municipalities. However, many smaller municipalities have lost this city status in various administrative reforms in the last 40 years when they were incorporated into a Kreis. In some states they retained a higher measure of autonomy than the other municipalities of the Kreis. Municipalities titled Stadt are urban municipalities while those titled Gemeinde are classified as rural municipalities.

Augsburg is a Landkreis (district) in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the city of Augsburg and the districts of Aichach-Friedberg, Landsberg, Ostallgäu, Unterallgäu, Günzburg, Dillingen and Donau-Ries. The city of Augsburg is not part of the district, but nonetheless is its administrative seat.

Bavaria State in Germany

Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a landlocked federal state of Germany, occupying its southeastern corner. With an area of 70,550.19 square kilometres, Bavaria is the largest German state by land area comprising roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany. With 13 million inhabitants, it is Germany's second-most-populous state after North Rhine-Westphalia. Bavaria's main cities are Munich, Nuremberg and Augsburg.

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Geography

Heretsrieds' location is about 15 km north-east of Augsburg in the so called Holzwinkel in Naturpark Augsburg Westliche Wälder.

History

Bishop Soboto of Augsburg incorporated Heretsried to Kloster Holzen in 1242. A bit of time ago it was found by a man called Heribrecht, who cleared the forest and found a village. In 1310 Heretsried became a free village although it was still part of the monastery of Holzen. This is provable by a deed of gift of Kloster Holzen. Therefore Heretsried became a parish seat. When the monastery of Holzen was in a financial crisis the abbess of Holzen sold Heretsried to Sebastian Ilsung, a rich citizen of Augsburg for 146 Gulden. Nevertheless Heretsried was sold back for 300 Gulden in 1484. When the peasants' war began around 1525 the peasantry of Heretsried didn't oppose the monastery of Holzen. They got wood and straw and were allowed to go hunting and angling. This was enough for them. In 1636 in time of the thirty years' war, the church and the citizens' houses were burned down by the Swedish troops. The chronicle of Holzen is telling about abbess Agnes von Neuegg who found only 6 survivors in Heretsried. With big financial expenses she rebuilt the church of Heretsried. When in 1805 Napoleon I. fought a war against the Austrians, there were three French horseman shot by peasants who took the stolen money which came from nearby in a forest near Heretsried. In Heretsried was a school which was found in 1853 and rebuilt in 1956. After World War II Heretsried had 12 dead or missing soldier. Since 1978 Heretsried and the nearby Lauterbrunn as well as Monburg form the political community of Heretsried.

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References

  1. ↑ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2019.
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