Kissing, Bavaria
Municipality in Bavaria, Germany
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Location of Kissing within Aichach-Friedberg district
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(2019–25) Reinhard Gürtner[1] (CSU)
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Kissing is a municipality in the Aichach-Friedberg district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located just 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Augsburg and has about 11,200 inhabitants (2007).
Kissing was first mentioned in a document in 1050 AD as Chissingin, it was a minor regional centre of rule and jurisdiction called a Hofmark [de]. In even earlier times, around 500, there was a thing hill nearby, which was later swept away by the floods of the river Lech.
The surname Kissinger (as in Henry Kissinger) means inhabitant of Kissing or Kissingen.
References
- ^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, accessed 19 July 2021.
- ^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
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Towns and municipalities in Aichach-Friedberg
- Adelzhausen
- Affing
- Aichach
- Aindling
- Baar
- Dasing
- Eurasburg
- Friedberg
- Hollenbach
- Inchenhofen
- Kissing
- Kühbach
- Merching
- Mering
- Obergriesbach
- Petersdorf
- Pöttmes
- Rehling
- Ried
- Schiltberg
- Schmiechen
- Sielenbach
- Steindorf
- Todtenweis
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