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{{Infobox German location
|type               = Stadt
|image_coa            = DEU Aichach COA.svg
|image_photo       = Aichach Unteres Tor.jpg
|image_caption = Town center
|coordinates       = {{coord|48|27|N|11|08|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Aichach in AIC.svg
|state        = Bayern
|region  = Schwaben
|district         = Aichach-Friedberg
|elevation              = 435-530
|area            = 92.84
|postal_code               = 86551
|area_code           = 08251
|licence               = AIC
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 7 71 113
|mayor             = Klaus Habermann<ref>[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], [[Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik]], 15 July 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2020&ndash;26
|party             = SPD
|website           = [http://www.aichach.de/ www.aichach.de]
}}

'''Aichach''' ({{IPA|de|ˈaɪçax|-|De-Aichach.ogg}}; [[Central Bavarian]]: ''Oacha'') is a [[Town#Germany|town]] in [[Germany]], located in the [[States of Germany|Bundesland]] of [[Bavaria]] and situated just northeast of [[Augsburg]]. It is the capital of the [[district]] of [[Aichach-Friedberg]]. The municipality of Aichach counts some 20,000 inhabitants. It is not far from the [[motorway]] that connects [[Munich]] and [[Stuttgart]], the [[Bundesautobahn 8|A8]]. The local river is called [[Paar (river)|Paar]].

==History==
Aichach's history dates back nearly 1000 years.

A prison for women was established in Aichach in 1909. In 1967, [[Ilse Koch]], also known as The Witch of Buchenwald, committed suicide here.

== Parish parts ==
There are 40 parts of the municipality:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aichach {{!}} bavarikon |url=https://www.bavarikon.de/object/odb:BSB-ODB_A00000553 |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=www.bavarikon.de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ortsteile - Stadt Aichach, Landkreis Aichach-Friedberg - BayernPortal |url=http://www.bayernportal.de/dokumente/behoerde/59109064441/ortsteile |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=www.bayernportal.de |language=de}}</ref>

* Aich (chapel)
* Aichach (main town)
* Aichach (railway station)
* Algertshausen (Kirchdorf)
* Andersbach (wasteland)
* Blumenthal (hamlet)
* Ecknach (Pfarrdorf)
* Edenried (Kirchdorf)
* Eitershofen (wasteland)
* Frogham (Wasteland)
* Gallenbach (parish village)
* Gansbach (wasteland)
* Griesbeckerzell (parish village)
* Hiesling (village)
* courtyard garden (village)
* Ippertshausen (hamlet)
* Blades (parish village)
* Knottenried (wasteland)
* Matzenberg (wasteland)
* Neuhausen (hamlet)
* Neulhof (upper) (hamlet)
* Neulhof (lower) (wasteland)
* Neumuehle (hamlet)
* Nisselsbach (wasteland)
* Oberbernbach (parish village)
* Obermauerbach (parish village)
* Oberschneitbach (Kirchdorf)
* Oberwittelsbach (parish village)
* Röckerszell (wasteland)
* Sulzbach (parish village)
* Potting Mill (Wasteland)
* Untergriesbach (village)
* Untermauerbach (Kirchdorf)
* Untermühle (Wasteland)
* Unterschneitbach (Kirchdorf)
* Unterwittelsbach (village)
* Walchshofen 
* Wilpersberg (wasteland)
* Windten (Wasteland)
* Wöresbach (wasteland)

==Mayor==
Since 1996: Klaus Habermann (born 1953) ([[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]])

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}
Aichach is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Städtepartnerschaften|url=https://www.aichach.de/Rathaus/Stadt-Aichach/Partnerst%C3%A4dte/|publisher=Aichach|language=de|access-date=2021-12-08}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Brixlegg]], Austria
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Gödöllő]], Hungary
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Schifferstadt]], Germany

==Notable people==
{{stack|[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-12190-0007, Berlin, Außerordentliche Volkskammersitzung.jpg|thumb|139px|Vinzenz Müller in 1951]]}}
* [[Erhard Bühler]] (born 1956), major general
* [[Christoph Burkhard]] (born 1984), footballer
* [[Johannes Engel]] (1453–1512), doctor, astronomer and astrologer<ref>Ernst Zinner, E. Brown (translator) (1990). [https://books.google.com/books?id=dMzSBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA144 ''Regiomontanus, His Life and Work'']. Amsterdam; New York; Oxford; Tokyo: North-Holland (Elsevier). {{ISBN|044488792X}}.</ref>
* [[Matthias Greitter]] (1495–1550), cantor and composer
* [[Chrislo Haas]] (1956–2004), musician
* [[Vincenz Müller]] (1894–1961), officer of Reichswehr, Wehrmacht and NVA

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{official|https://www.aichach.de/}}

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[[Category:Aichach-Friedberg]]