Bobingen


Bobingen is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It lies on the rivers Wertach and Singold, on the edge of the Augsburg-Westliche Wälder Nature Park, in Augsburg District, some 13 km south of Augsburg itself.

History

The placename "Bobingen" goes back to the Alamannic settler "Pobo". About 993, Bobingen was called "Pobinga". 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 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 Bobingen ''"Büble"'' Legend

There is more than one version of the story about the Bobingen Büble. 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.
The following legend is the earliest version, drawn from Alexander Schöppner's "Bayerische Sagen" :

Constituent communities

  • Kernstadt with Bobingen-Siedlung
  • Stadtteil Straßberg
  • Burgwalden
  • Reinhartshausen
  • Waldberg
  • Kreuzanger

    Politics

The mayor has been, since May 2020, Klaus Förster.
Places on the 25-seat city council are apportioned as follows :
  • SPD: 10 seats
  • CSU: 9 seats
  • "Free Voters" : 2 seat
  • Free Citizens' Union: 2 seat
  • Greens: 2 seat

    Coat of arms

Arms description: Azure a peak argent, therein a horseshoe sable.
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". They supposedly date from the Battle of Lechfeld 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 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.

City partnership

Since 1969, there has been a city partnership with the French town of Aniche.

Education

Schools

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

    Hospital

The hospital of Bobingen is located at the Wertachstraße 55, next to the river Wertach. The formerly municipal hospital belongs since 2006, together with the hospital of Schwabmünchen, to the Komunalunternehmen Wertachkliniken, owned by the cities Bobingen and Schwabmünchen. The official name is Wertachklinik Bobingen. The Wertachklinik Bobingen provides the main departments anaesthesiology, trauma and reconstructive surgery and internal medicine and the departments gynaecology and midwifery, ENT and plastic surgery with attending doctors. All departments together provide 130 beds. The first hospital in Bobingen was founded in 1858.

Public safety

  • Police
The police station of Bobingen is located at the Hochstraße 22 in Bobingen.
The space of responsibility is the town of Bobingen, the town of Königsbrunn, Oberottmarshausen and Wehringen.
  • Rescue service
Since May 2022, the rescue station of the Bavarian Red Cross is located directly at the hospital of Bobingen.
Here, a rescue ambulance and a patient transport ambulance are stationed. There is no fixed area of responsibility for the rescue service. The Public-safety answering point of Augsburg is responsible for alerting the rescue service. The PSAP is always alerting the closest rescue vehicle to an emergency. Administrative borders like counties etc. do not matter here. The area of operation is about the south of Augsburg County and the town of Augsburg itself.
  • Fire brigade
The fire station of the volunteer fire brigade of Bobingen is located at Michael-Schäffer-Straße 12 in Bobingen. Here a Löschzug and a Rüstzug are stationed. The PSAP of Augsburg is responsible for alerting the fire brigade, also. Therefore, there is no fixed area of responsibility for the fire brigade. The area of operation is about the town of Bobingen itself and the district Siedlung and for support all other districts of Bobingen and the town of Königsbrunn, Oberottmarshausen, Wehringen und Großaitingen.
The volunteer fire brigade of Bobingen was founded in 1871. The fire brigade is alarmed about 170 times per year.
The districts Straßberg, Reinhartshausen and Waldberg/Kreuzanger do have independent fire brigades with one small fire truck, each.

Culture and sightseeing

Places of worship

  • St. Wolfgang- und Wendelin-Kapelle
  • St. Felizitas
  • Rokoko-Wallfahrtskirche Mariae Himmelfahrt
  • Mosque

    Other sights

  • Late mediaeval wayside atonement cross
  • Lower Schlößchen
  • 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
  • Bobinger Büble
  • Westliche Wälder Nature Park

    Transport

  • Autobahn A 8 passes a few kilometres north of Augsburg.
  • Bundesstraße 17B east of Bobingen, B 300 north of Bobingen.
  • Bobingen station is located on the Augsburg–Buchloe and Bobingen–Landsberg am Lech lines.

    Personalities

  • Roy Black, was a German hit singer and actor in many German musical films
  • Marco Holzer, racing driver and winner of the 2005 Formula BMW World Final
  • Andreas Farny, ice hockey player