Krumbach (Swabia)
Encyclopedia
Krumbach is a town with about 12.500 residents in the district Günzburg
in the Bavaria
n administrative region Swabia
, Germany. It is the second biggest town in the district.
512 m (1680 ft)) is situated in Mittelschwaben
in the natural region
Lower Iller-Lech Gravel Plateau
(a part of the region between Danube
and the Alps
) in the valley of the Kammel
, a left tributary of the Mindel
river and so an indirect tributary of the Danube
river. The landscape is marked by forests and areas in agricultural acreage (fields and grassland).
The next bigger cities respectively towns are Ulm
, approximately 40 kilometres northwest of Krumbach, Augsburg
, 48 kilometres northeast of Krumbach, Memmingen
, about 40 km kilometres southwest of Krumbach, Mindelheim
, 30 kilometres south of Krumbach and Günzburg
, 27 kilometres north of Krumbach. The distance to Munich
is approximately 120 kilometres.
ian Further Austria
. In the year 1805 Krumbach became Bavarian by the Peace of Pressburg
. 90 years later Krumbach became a town. In the year 1902 the previously independent municipality Hürben
, a neighbouring village of Krumbach, merged into Krumbach. Until the time of the Third Reich Hürben had a high percentage of Jewish residents in comparison to the Bavarian average.
Until 1972 Krumbach was the district seat of the administrative district Krumbach (Swabia)
.
Bavarian regional reforms merged the previously independent municipalities of Hohenraunau (1972/01/01), Billenhausen with Hirschfelden (1972/07/01), Edenhausen with the Krumbad (1973/01/01), Attenhausen (1977/01/01) and Niederraunau
(1978/05/01) into Krumbach.
The Krumbad is a health resort approximately one kilometre east of Krumbach. It is the oldest health resort of Swabia.
on the other hand it is a canting arms – the crooked stream. In this context it is important to know, that the meander
of the Kammel are clearly distinct.
Two Bundesstraße
n pass Krumbach: the Bundesstraße 16
(B 16) Günzburg-Mindelheim and the Bundesstraße 300
(B 300) Memmingen-Augsburg. The distances to the Autobahnen 7, 8
and 96
are each approximately 25 kilometres. Furthermore Krumbach has a railway station at the railway from Günzburg to Mindelheim (Mittelschwaben Railway), a loop line, which connects the main lines Bavarian Maximilian Railway (Munich-Augsburg-Ulm-Stuttgart
) and the railway from Munich to Zurich
via Buchloe
, Memmingen and Lindau (Bodensee).
In Krumbach there are quite a view public institutions: police station, forestry commission office, planning department and several schools: secondary schools, grammar school and vocational schools;
– approximately six kilometres west of Krumbach there is the Oberrieder Weiher
, a flooded gravel pit and popular greenbelt recreation area. At the shores of this lake there is a campingsite, too.
Günzburg (district)
Günzburg is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Dillingen, Augsburg, Unterallgäu and Neu-Ulm, and by the state of Baden-Württemberg ....
in the Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
n administrative region Swabia
Swabia (administrative region)
Swabia is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany.- Geography :Swabia is located in southwest Bavaria. It was formed out of the part of the historic region of Swabia which was annexed by Bavaria in 1803. It was once formally ruled by dukes of the Hohenstaufen dynasty. During...
, Germany. It is the second biggest town in the district.
Geography
Krumbach (elevationElevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
512 m (1680 ft)) is situated in Mittelschwaben
Mittelschwaben
Mittelschwaben is a part of the Bavarian administrative region Swabia. It consists of the districts Günzburg, Neu-Ulm, Unterallgäu and the district-free town Memmingen....
in the natural region
Natural regions of Germany
This division of Germany into major natural regions takes account primarily of geomorphological, geological, hydrological and pedological criteria in order to divide the country into large, physical units with a common geographical basis...
Lower Iller-Lech Gravel Plateau
Iller-Lech Plateau
The Iller-Lech Plateau , also known as the Upper Swabian Plateau , is one of the natural regions of Germany.- Boundaries :...
(a part of the region between Danube
Danube
The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....
and the Alps
Alps
The Alps is one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west....
) in the valley of the Kammel
Kammel
The Kammel is a river in Bavaria, southern Germany. The Kammel originates west of Mindelheim, in the district Unterallgäu, and flows generally north. It flows into the Mindel south of Offingen at the Danube, east of Günzburg in the district Günzburg. So it is an indirect right tributary of the...
, a left tributary of the Mindel
Mindel
The Mindel is a river in Bavaria, southern Germany. The Mindel originates west of Kaufbeuren, in the Allgäu region, and flows generally north. It flows into the Danube in Gundremmingen, east of Günzburg. The towns Mindelheim, Burgau and Thannhausen lie along the Mindel.The Mindel gave its name to...
river and so an indirect tributary of the Danube
Danube
The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....
river. The landscape is marked by forests and areas in agricultural acreage (fields and grassland).
The next bigger cities respectively towns are Ulm
Ulm
Ulm is a city in the federal German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the River Danube. The city, whose population is estimated at 120,000 , forms an urban district of its own and is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau district. Ulm, founded around 850, is rich in history and...
, approximately 40 kilometres northwest of Krumbach, Augsburg
Augsburg
Augsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...
, 48 kilometres northeast of Krumbach, Memmingen
Memmingen
Memmingen is a town in the Bavarian administrative region of Swabia in Germany. It is the central economic, educational and administrative centre in the Danube-Iller region. To the west the town is flanked by the Iller, the river that marks the Baden-Württemberg border...
, about 40 km kilometres southwest of Krumbach, Mindelheim
Mindelheim
Mindelheim is a town in the German Bundesland of Bavaria. The town is the capital of the Unterallgäu district. At various points in history it was the chief settlement of an eponymous state.- Geography :...
, 30 kilometres south of Krumbach and Günzburg
Günzburg
Günzburg is a Große Kreisstadt and capital of the district of Günzburg in Swabia, Bavaria. This district was constituted in 1972 by combining the city of Günzburg—which had not previously been assigned to a Kreis —with the district of Günzburg and the district of Krumbach.Günzburg lies...
, 27 kilometres north of Krumbach. The distance to Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
is approximately 120 kilometres.
History
In 1156 Krumbach was mentioned in documents the first time, in 1370 the village got the right to hold a market. From 1305 until 1805 Krumbach was part of the Margraviate of Burgau, which was part of the HabsburgHabsburg
The House of Habsburg , also found as Hapsburg, and also known as House of Austria is one of the most important royal houses of Europe and is best known for being an origin of all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1438 and 1740, as well as rulers of the Austrian Empire and...
ian Further Austria
Further Austria
Further Austria or Anterior Austria was the collective name for the old possessions of the House of Habsburg in the former Swabian stem duchy of south-western Germany, including territories in the Alsace region west of the Rhine and in Vorarlberg, after the focus of the Habsburgs had moved to the...
. In the year 1805 Krumbach became Bavarian by the Peace of Pressburg
Peace of Pressburg
The Peace of Pressburg refers to four peace treaties concluded in Pressburg . The fourth Peace of Pressburg of 1805 during the Napoleonic Wars is the best-known.-First:...
. 90 years later Krumbach became a town. In the year 1902 the previously independent municipality Hürben
Hürben (Krumbach)
Hürben, today the eastern part of Krumbach in Bavarian Swabia, was an independent village before it was incorporated into the neighbouring town of Krumbach in the year 1902. The Kammel was in most parts the border between Krumbach and Hürben.- History :...
, a neighbouring village of Krumbach, merged into Krumbach. Until the time of the Third Reich Hürben had a high percentage of Jewish residents in comparison to the Bavarian average.
Until 1972 Krumbach was the district seat of the administrative district Krumbach (Swabia)
Krumbach, Swabia (district)
Krumbach was a district in Swabia in the southwest of Bavaria, Germany, before the regional reorganization in 1972. Krumbach was the capital of this district. The licence plate code was KRU.The district had 49 municipalities...
.
Bavarian regional reforms merged the previously independent municipalities of Hohenraunau (1972/01/01), Billenhausen with Hirschfelden (1972/07/01), Edenhausen with the Krumbad (1973/01/01), Attenhausen (1977/01/01) and Niederraunau
Niederraunau
Niederraunau is a quarter of the town Krumbach in Günzburg , Swabia, Bavaria, Germany.- Geography :Niederraunau is in the valley of the little river Kammel two kilometres south of...
(1978/05/01) into Krumbach.
The Krumbad is a health resort approximately one kilometre east of Krumbach. It is the oldest health resort of Swabia.
Coat of arms
The colours of the town (red and white) as well as the arms (a silver-coloured waved thik line in red) remind one on the one hand of the long affiliation to Further AustriaFurther Austria
Further Austria or Anterior Austria was the collective name for the old possessions of the House of Habsburg in the former Swabian stem duchy of south-western Germany, including territories in the Alsace region west of the Rhine and in Vorarlberg, after the focus of the Habsburgs had moved to the...
on the other hand it is a canting arms – the crooked stream. In this context it is important to know, that the meander
Meander
A meander in general is a bend in a sinuous watercourse. A meander is formed when the moving water in a stream erodes the outer banks and widens its valley. A stream of any volume may assume a meandering course, alternately eroding sediments from the outside of a bend and depositing them on the...
of the Kammel are clearly distinct.
Attractions
- market place and historic town hall
- church St Michael
- church St Ulrich in Hürben
- church Maria Hilf
- church Lindlkirche
- Mühlkapelle
- castle of Krumbach
- moated castle of Hürben
- Landauer Haus
- Middleswabian lokal heritage museum
- waxart museum MORSA
- Krumbad
- church of Niederraunau
- castle of Niederraunau
- Dossenberger Pfarrhof (parsonage) Billenhausen
Economy and Traffic and Public Institutions
In Krumbach there are car suppliers, a paintfactory, plant construction factories, weaving mills, waxfactories and a wall-to-wall carpetingfactory.Two Bundesstraße
Bundesstraße
Bundesstraße , abbreviated B, is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways.-Germany:...
n pass Krumbach: the Bundesstraße 16
Bundesstraße 16
The Bundesstraße 16 or B 16 is one of the German federal highways crossing southern Bavaria from east to south. It runs from the Bavarian Forest to Regensburg and then along the river Danube to Günzburg. From Roding to Regensburg the highway is developed without any junctions and is in parts signed...
(B 16) Günzburg-Mindelheim and the Bundesstraße 300
Bundesstraße 300
The Bundesstraße 300 or B 300 is one of the German federal highways crossing southern Bavaria from Memmingen in direction to Regensburg via Krumbach , Augsburg und Aichach....
(B 300) Memmingen-Augsburg. The distances to the Autobahnen 7, 8
Bundesautobahn 8
is an autobahn in southern Germany that runs 497 km from the Luxembourg A13 motorway at Schengen via Neunkirchen, Pirmasens, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, Ulm, Augsburg and Munich to the Austrian West Autobahn near Salzburg....
and 96
Bundesautobahn 96
is a motorway in southern Germany, leading from the Austrian border near Lindau through Memmingen, Landsberg am Lech to Munich. Two European routes lead through the autobahn: E 43 and E 54....
are each approximately 25 kilometres. Furthermore Krumbach has a railway station at the railway from Günzburg to Mindelheim (Mittelschwaben Railway), a loop line, which connects the main lines Bavarian Maximilian Railway (Munich-Augsburg-Ulm-Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
) and the railway from Munich to Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
via Buchloe
Buchloe
Buchloe is a community raised to city status in 1954, lying in Ostallgäu district in Bavaria. Together with the neighbouring communities of Jengen, Lamerdingen and Waal, Buchloe belongs to the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Buchloe.-Geography and transport:Buchloe lies right on Bundesautobahn 96 ...
, Memmingen and Lindau (Bodensee).
In Krumbach there are quite a view public institutions: police station, forestry commission office, planning department and several schools: secondary schools, grammar school and vocational schools;
Miscellaneous
In the valley of GünzGünz
The Günz is a river in Bavaria, Germany, right tributary of the Danube. It is formed near Lauben by the confluence of its two source rivers: the Östliche Günz and the Westliche Günz . It is approx. 90 km long . It flows generally north through the small towns Babenhausen, Deisenhausen,...
– approximately six kilometres west of Krumbach there is the Oberrieder Weiher
Oberrieder Weiher
The Oberrieder Weiher is like many other ponds in the valleys of Günz and Mindel a former gravel pit which is filled with ground water. The pond is located near the river Günz in the municipality of Breitenthal in the district of Günzburg. Because of this origin as gravel pit the form of the...
, a flooded gravel pit and popular greenbelt recreation area. At the shores of this lake there is a campingsite, too.
Notable births
- Franz TausendFranz TausendFranz Seraph Tausend, "Der Goldmacher" was a German "alchemist" with bigger dreams than business sense.-Overview:...
(1884-1942), German alchemist and fraudster - Volkher Häusler (b. 1958), conductor and church musician
- Gerhard Wisnewski (b. 1959), writer
- Ernst Heinrich Buschor (1886 - 1961), archaeologist
- Thomas TuchelThomas TuchelThomas Tuchel is a former German footballer and current Coach of Bundesliga club 1. FSV Mainz 05.-Playing career:...
(b. 1973), football coach