Aiglsbach is a town and municipality in the Lower Bavaria

Lower Bavaria

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n district of Kelheim

Kelheim (district)

Kelheim is a district in Bavaria, Germany, bound by the regions Regensburg, Landshut, Freising, Pfaffenhofen, Eichstätt and Neumarkt.-Geography:...

, Germany

Germany

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, and a member of the Mainburg administrative partnership

Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Mainburg

The Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Mainburg lies in Kelheim, a district in Lower Bavaria, Germany....

, a voluntary resource-pooling agreement with three neighbouring municipalities.

Geography

Aiglsbach lies between Regensburg

Regensburg

Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. To the east lies the Bavarian Forest. Regensburg is the capital of the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate...

 and Munich

Munich

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, and between Ingolstadt

Ingolstadt

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 and Landshut

Landshut

Landshut is a city in Bavaria in the south-east of Germany, belonging to both Eastern and Southern Bavaria. Situated on the banks of the River Isar, Landshut is the capital of Lower Bavaria, one of the seven administrative regions of the Free State of Bavaria. It is also the seat of the...

. The municipality comprises the following settlements: Aiglsbach, Berghausen, Gasseltshausen, Oberpindhart, Pöbenhausen, Radertshausen, Buch, Haselbuch, Gerblhäuser, Straßberg, Lindach and Moosham.

History

Aiglsbach was first recorded as a settlement in 864, with alternative names recorded as Agelspach (ca. 1145), Ailgilspach (ca. 1190) and Egilspach (ca. 1160). The name likely derives from a given name such as Agil, Egil, Aigil or Eigil, while bach refers to a stream. The town belonged to the taxation district of Munich and to the administrative district of Mainburg in the Electorate of Bavaria. Administrative reform in the Kingdom of Bavaria led in 1818 to the creation of the municipality as it is today, the official spelling being changed in 1911 from Aigelsbach to Aiglsbach.

The name of Eichelsbach, a settlement within the municipality of Elsenfeld

Elsenfeld

Elsenfeld is a market community in the Miltenberg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany.-Location:Elsenfeld lies in the Bavarian Lower Main Region on the Main’s right bank...

 in the Bavarian Spessart

Spessart

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 in Lower Franconia

Lower Franconia

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 is also sometimes spelled Egilespach. Aigil or Egil was a common name in the Middle Ages, and Eichelsbach in the Spessart is thought to have been named after an abbot named Aigil, of a monastery near Fulda

Fulda

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.

Population

In 1970 there were 1,216 residents recorded; in 1987 1,331; 2000 1,546; and in 2004 1,654.

Politics

The mayor of the municipality is Josef Hillerbrand of the Christian Socialists, who was elected in 2002 replacing Martin Kiemeyer, also Christian Socialist.

Culture and sightseeing

The main tourist attraction in the area is the thirteenth century romanesque

Romanesque architecture

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Church of Our Lady (Unsere Liebe Frau) in Gasseltshausen.