What is the population of Weichs, Bayern?

Weichs has a population of approximately 3,174 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Weichs, Bayern located?

Weichs is located in Bayern, Germany, at approximate coordinates 48.3813°, 11.4145°.

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Weichs

Total population

3,174

Elevation468 m

Land area18.81 km²

Coordinates48.38°, 11.41°

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Elevation

468 m

Area

18.81 km²

head of government

Harald Mundl

Official website

www.weichs.de

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Overview

Weichs is a municipality in the district of Dachau in Bavaria in Germany. There are four main villages in the municipality: Weichs, Aufhausen, Ebersbach, and Fränking. In addition, there are several smaller villages: Albertshof, Biechlhof, Breitenwiesen, Daxberg, Edenholzhausen, Edenpfaffenhofen, Erlbach, Erlhausen, Hölzböck, Jedenhofen, and Zillhofen.

History & geography

History

Weichs was first mentioned in a document in 807. The nobleman Deotpurc de Wihse donated property to the cathedral in Freising. This knightly family was often called "the Weichser" or "von Weichs". The name of the place can be derived from common Germanic "wīhsą" as well as from the Latin name "vicus", a smaller form of settlement, which linguistically developed through "Wihs" to today's Weichs. At the end of the 15th century, St. Martin was built as a Gothic parish church. In the 1560s a hospital was founded to accommodate the sick and elderly. Weichs was also affected by the Thirty Years' War: In 1634, 1646 and 1648, Swedes, Spaniards, French, Imperialist Armies from Vienna, and Bavarians roamed the country, robbing and plundering. Many farms and the hospital suffered great damage. The oldest surviving church book began in 1643. The first teacher was recorded in it in 1652. From 1720 to 1725, the church was enlarged and received a baroque interior. In 1818, Weichs became an independent municipality. In 1848, the barons von Weichs' castle was converted into a monastery with an attached school in 1852. In 1862, the first small factory (machine foundry) was built on Erlbach. From 1861, the old mill in Weichs was converted into an industrial company, which was modernized again and again until it was closed in 1974. A shoe factory was built in the 1920s. In 2007, Weichs celebrated its official 1200th anniversary.

Geography

Weichs is located in a picturesque area of rolling hills leading to the Glonn river. It is a beautiful example of a typical Bavarian countryside. Each village is a small knot of tidy white homes with red roofs, interspersed with small dairy farms and quaint Bavarian churches and surrounded by lovely fields of barley and corn. Near the town is a natural marshland called 'Weichser Moos'.

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