Nordendorf

Nordendorf
Nordendorf
	Nordendorf Castle
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Location of Nordendorf within Augsburg district
	Nordendorf Nordendorf
	Coordinates: 48°36′N10°50′E / 48.600°N 10.833°E Coordinates: 48°36′N10°50′E / 48.600°N 10.833°E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Schwaben
District	Augsburg
Government
• Mayor	Elmar Schöniger (SPD)
Area
• Total	7.51 km2 (2.90 sq mi)
Elevation	422 m (1,385 ft)
Population (2017-12-31) [1]
• Total	2,460
• Density	330/km2 (850/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	86695
Dialling codes	08273
Vehicle registration	A
Website	www.nordendorf.de

Last updated April 28, 2019

Nordendorf is a municipality in the district of Augsburg in Bavaria 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, 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 and Nuremberg.

Geography

Nordendorf, located on the federal highway 2 and the railway line Augsburg - Donauwörth, and Blankenburg, which is stretching southwest up the Schmutterleite, form the current community since 1975. Northwest of Nordendorf is the monastery Holzen.

History

The name Nordendorf is of Franconian origin; evidence of an Alamanni forerunner settlement from around the middle of the 6th century came in 1844 when a row of 433 graves was uncovered on the occasion of the construction of the Augsburg-Donauwörth railway line, making the site one of the most important sites of the early Middle Ages in the Swabian-Bavarian region. The most important archaeological finds are the hanger brooches of Nordendorf, two clasps with runic inscriptions engraved on the back.

The current name is mentioned for the first time in 1213. Initially the lords of Donnsberg, Truchsesse of the Augsburg bishops, who had their castle on Donnsberg west of Nordendorf, were the lords of the manor. Around 1268 the Wittelsbachers destroyed Donnsberg Castle and Nordendorf came into their possession. In 1560 a new castle was built in the middle of the village, which burnt down in 1862. In 1580 a branch of the Fugger family had acquired the Nordendorf estate. This line lived here until 1878.

After the Second World War Nordendorf developed from an agricultural village to an attractive residential community with an interesting surrounding area between Schmutter and Lech and the local recreation area "Augsburg Western Forests".

The continuous increase in the number of inhabitants is ensured by the designation of building land at affordable prices. Today, agriculture is concentrated in the district of Blankenburg.

Nordendorf offers an excellent infrastructure as a small centre. The needs of daily life such as shopping facilities, provision of (dental) medical services, partial secondary school and kindergarten, with banks and handicraft businesses are optimally solved. The train connections every 30 minutes to Augsburg, Meitingen or Donauwörth make it easy to attend secondary schools and reach workplaces. The four-lane extension of the B2 between Augsburg and Donauwörth and the local ring road created excellent opportunities for the settlement of companies.

The local clubs offer a wide range of sporting and cultural activities.

Politics

Parish council

Distribution of seats in the 14-member council (as local elections 2008 ) :

CSU : 5 seats
SPD / Active Citizens : 5 seats
CDU : 4 seats

The Christian Social Union in Bavaria is a Christian-democratic and conservative political party in Germany. The CSU operates only in Bavaria while its larger counterpart, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), operates in the other fifteen states of Germany. It differs from the CDU by being somewhat more conservative in social matters. The CSU is considered an effective successor of the Weimar-era Catholic Bavarian People's Party (BVP).

The Social Democratic Party of Germany, or SPD, is a social-democratic political party in Germany.

The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian-democratic, liberal-conservative political party in Germany. It is the major catch-all party of the centre-right in German politics. The CDU forms the CDU/CSU grouping, also known as the Union, in the Bundestag with its Bavarian counterpart the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU). The party is widely considered an effective successor of the Centre Party, although it has a broader base.

Mayor

Elmar Schöniger ( SPD / Active Citizens ) has been mayor of Nordendorf since 2002.

Coat of arms

The Heraldic description is: "Split of blue and silver, therein over a red ring a top-tinned bar in counterchanged colours."

Partner city

A partnership with the French commune Biesles (Haute-Marne) has existed since July 15, 1973.

Biesles is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in northeastern France.

Haute-Marne is a department in the northeast of France named after the Marne River.

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References

↑ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). September 2018.

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[1] "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). September 2018.