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Kissing, Bavaria

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Kissing
Municipality
Coat of arms of Kissing
Coat of arms
Location of Kissing within Aichach-Friedberg district
BaarPöttmesTodtenweisAindlingPetersdorfInchenhofenKühbachSchiltbergSielenbachAdelzhausenEurasburgRiedMeringMerchingSchmiechenSteindorfKissingObergriesbachHollenbachRehlingAffingAichachFriedbergDasingAugsburgNeuburg-SchrobenhausenPfaffenhofen (district)Dachau (district)Fürstenfeldbruck (district)Donau-RiesAugsburg (district)Landsberg (district)Donau-RiesDillingen (district)
CountryGermany
StateBavaria
Admin. regionSchwaben
DistrictAichach-Friedberg
Government
 • MayorManfred Wolf (SPD)
Area
 • Total
23.12 km2 (8.93 sq mi)
Elevation
523 m (1,716 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[1]
 • Total
11,764
 • Density510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
86438
Dialling codes08233
Vehicle registrationAIC
Websitewww.kissing.de

Kissing is a municipality in the Aichach-Friedberg district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located just 10 km south of Augsburg and has about 11,200 inhabitants (2007).

Kissing was first mentioned in a document in 1050 AD as Chissingin, it was a minor regional centre of rule and jurisdiction called a Hofmark (German article). In even earlier times, around 500, there was a thing hill nearby, which was later swept away by the floods of the river Lech.

The surname Kissinger (as in Henry Kissinger) means inhabitant of Kissing or Kissingen.

See also

References

  1. ^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).


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