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Bobingen
Federal state	Bavaria
Administrative region	Swabia
District	Augsburg
Population	16,787 (31/12/2004)
Area	50.45 km²
Population density	333/km²
Elevation	500 m
Coordinates	48°16′ N 10°49′ E
Postal code	86399
Area code	08234
Licence plate code	A
Mayor	Bernd Müller (SPD)
Website	Stadt Bobingen

Bobingen is a city in Bavaria, about 10 km south of Augsburg. Bobingen lies on the rivers Wertach and Singold. It borders on the Augsburg-Westliche Wälder Nature Park. It is in the district of Augsburg. Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as Länder (transliterated as Laender in English, singular Land). ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... A Regierungsbezirk is an administrative region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states (Bundesländer). ... Swabia (German: Schwaben) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the south-west of Bavaria. ... There are 439 German districts, administrative units in Germany. ... Augsburg is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits Postal codes in Germany, known as Postleitzahl (pl. ... see also Telephone numbering plan of Germany for further codes including service numbers, cell phones etc. ... German car number plates show the place where the car carrying them is registered. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... SPD redirects here. ... This page as shown in the aol 9. ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Augsburg is a city in south-central Germany. ... Augsburg is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ...

History

The placename "Bobingen" goes back to the Alamannic settler "Pobo" ( 506). About 993, Bobingen was called "Pobinga" ("at Pobo's people's house"). Also about 993 came Bobingen's first documentary mention in the Vita S. Udalrici. Bobingen in today's administrative region of Swabia was later an administrative centre of the Augsburg Church Estate. As a result of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss in 1803, the city came under Bavarian sovereignty. In 1847, the railway arrived, joining Bobingen to Lindau and Hof. In 1899, the rayon factory was founded, starting production in 1902. In 1953, the town was raised to market town, and in 1969 to city. In 1972, the communities of Straßberg, Reinhartshausen and Burgwalden were amalgamated into Bobingen. Bobingen now belongs to the Augsburg district. In 1975, the communities of Waldberg and Kreuzanger were also amalgamated into Bobingen. In 1993, the city hall (Singoldhalle) was completed. In 1994, the city held a thousandth-anniversary celebration, as well as celebrating 25 years as a city. In 2004, the city saw the completion of the rehabilitation and expansion of the city hospital. In 2005, the city's buildings underwent beautification. The Alamanni, Allemanni, or Alemanni were an alliance of warbands formed from Germanic tribes, first mentioned by Dio Cassius when they fought Caracalla in 213. ... Events July 4 - Saint Ulrich of Augsburg canonized Births Deaths Categories: 993 ... Swabia (German: Schwaben) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the south-west of Bavaria. ... The Reichsdeputationshauptschluss conclusion was a resolution of the last meeting of the Immerwaehrenden realm tags on 25 February 1803 in Regensburg. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Sovereignty is the exclusive right to exercise supreme political (e. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Lindau is a German city and an island in the eastern part of the Lake Constance, the Obersee. ... Hof is a city located on the banks of the Saale in the northeastern corner of the German state of Bavaria, in the Franconia region, hard by the Czech border and the forested Fichtelgebirge upland region. ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Cellulose is treated with alkali and carbon disulfide to yield viscose. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... The market town is a medieval phenomenon. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Bobingen "Büble" Legend

There is more than one version of the story about the Bobingen Büble ("lad" or "young man"). In a second, later version, the story even ends with the characters' arrest and execution. This, however, cannot be true from an historical point of view, as there were no gallows in Bobingen, and therefore no hangings could be carried out. The Church Estate's High Justice establishment had its execution place at Schwabmünchen. These gallows in Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park are maintained by Arizona State Parks. ... Blutgericht (literally blood court or blood doom), or high justice in the Holy Roman Empire referred to the right of a reeve to hold a criminal court inflicting bodily punishment, including the death penalty. ... Schwabmünchen is a regional centre in Bavaria in the administrative region of Swabia south of Augsburg in the Augsburg district. ...

The following legend is the earliest version, drawn from Alexander Schöppner's "Bayerische Sagen" (Bavarian Legends):

Three hours south of Augsburg on the so-called Hochstraße (a "high road", built on embankments or viaducts), lies the great and beautiful village of Bobingen. There, however, it is not good to ask "Wo geht's Bobingen zu?" ("How does one get to Bobingen"), and quite a few have ended up with bloody heads from it. At the least one will be mauled with insult and scoffing, and with blasphemous talk, whomever one wishes to ask. This came about as follows: Once, a long time ago, there was a young man from Bobingen who was prosecuted before a court. The accused appealed to a lawyer with a good name in Augsburg to fight his case for him. He advised the young man to behave like an idiot before the court, to answer every question asked of him by saying "Bobingen zu" (which is rather nonsensical), at the same time pointing with his right hand under his nose from right to left. He did just as he was advised, and since neither a confession nor anything else could be got out of him, the court released him. After a time, he came to the town on business and met the lawyer, who was curious to know the case's outcome. After hearing of the fortunate success, he said "It is now time for you to pay me for this advice; I demand two Karolins for my troubles."

The young man, however, replied with a "Bobingen zu", turned round the street corner and since that time has left the lawyer waiting for his fee.

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City divisions

• Kernstadt mit Bobingen-Siedlung (pop. 14,403)
• Stadtteil Straßberg (pop. 1,142)
• Burgwalden (pop. 80)
• Reinhartshausen (pop. 571)
• Waldberg (pop. 424)
• Kreuzanger (pop. 167)

Politics

Guildhall Bobingen

The mayor has been, since 1996, Bernd Müller (SPD). SPD redirects here. ...

Places on the 24-seat city council are apportioned as follows (as of municipal elections in 2002):

• CSU: 11 seats
• SPD: 10 seats
• "Free Voters" (non-aligned citizens' group): 1 seat
• Free Citizens' Union: 1 seat
• Greens: 1 seat

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Coat of arms

Arms description: In azure a peak argent, therein a horseshoe sable. A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ...

Arms history: The meaning of the horseshoe in the municipal coat of arms is not entirely clear. The horseshoe could to some be a reminder of a once intensive horse raising industry in the town. Others see in it a reference to finding horseshoes – which happens often around Bobingen – which are called "Ungarneisen" ("Hungary irons"). They supposedly date from the Battle of Lechfeld (10 August 955) in which the Hungarians were defeated. A seal from the time around 1815 with a horseshoe in the shield has its roots in a local emblem that places along the so-called Hochstraße, following then Prince-Bishop Clemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen's (1739 - 1812) wishes, assumed for marking border stones, border posts, and even posts around pastures. After the national emblem was bestowed by King Ludwig I of Bavaria in 1837, the municipal arms bore the Bavarian National Colours overlaid with the black horseshoe. Modern horseshoes are most commonly made of iron and nailed onto the hoof. ... Combatants Holy Roman Empire Magyars Commanders Otto the Great harka Bulcsú; chieftains Lél and Súr Strength 10,000 heavy cavalry 50,000 light cavalry Casualties {{{notes}}} Perhaps the defining event for holding off the incursions of the Magyars into Central Europe, the Battle of Lechfeld (10 August 955... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events August 10 - Otto I the Great defeats Magyars in the Battle of Lechfeld Edwy becomes King of England. ... Prince-Bishop was the title given bishops who held secular powers, beside their inherent clerical power. ... Events January 1 - Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier. ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... King Louis I of Bavaria. ... | Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

City partnership

Since 1969 there has been a city partnership with the French town of Aniche. 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

Education

Schools

• Staatl. Realschule
• Dr. Jaufmann Hauptschule
• Laurentius Grundschule (primary school)
• Freie Aktive Schule
• Grundschule Bobingen an der Singold (primary)
• Krankenpflegeschule im Städt. Krankenhaus (nursing school)

In Germany, the Realschule was an outgrowth of the realistic tendencies of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. ... A Hauptschule (German: main school) is a German secondary school, starting after 6 or 4 years of elementary schooling, depending on the Bundesland in which they are located. ... Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ... Nursing school is a type of educational institution, or part thereof, where people undergo formal education and training to become a nurse. ...

Hospital

• Krankenhaus an der Wertach

Culture und sightseeing

Places of worship

• St. Wolfgang- und Wendelin-Kapelle (chapel)
• St. Felizitas
• Rokoko-Wallfahrtskirche Mariae Himmelfahrt (Rococo Pilgrimage Church)
• Mosque

The Badshahi Masjid in Lahore, Pakistan with an iwan at center, three domes, and five visible minarets A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith. ...

Other sights

• Late mediaeval wayside atonement cross
• Lower Schlößchen (small palace)
• Middle mill
• Middle Schlößchen
• Holy cross Schlößchen
• Upper mill
• Brewery and former inn
• Cosimosinisches Schlößchen
• Upper Schlößchen
• Milestone from historic Roman road
• Stauden-Haus
• Singoldhalle (City hall)
• Bobinger Büble (a sculpture relating to the story above)
• Westliche Wälder Nature Park

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Singoldhalle (City hall)

Late mediaeval wayside atonement cross

Middle mill

Transport

• Autobahn A 8 passes a few kilometres north of Augsburg.
• Bundesstraße (Federal highway) 17B east of Bobingen, B 300 north of Bobingen.
• Railway line Augsburg - Buchloe.
• Railway line Augsburg - Landsberg.

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Personalities

• Roy Black was a German hit singer and actor in many German musical films.

Roy Black (born January 25, 1943 in Straßberg near Augsburg as Gerhard Höllerich, died October 9, 1991 in Heldenstein near Mühldorf) was a German singer, who acted in several musical comedies and starred in the 1989 TV series Ein Schloß am Wörthersee. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

External links

• Bobingen in Open Directory Project