Illerkirchberg
Illerkirchberg is a town in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Illerkirchberg | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Illerkirchberg within Alb-Donau-Kreis district  | |
  Illerkirchberg  Illerkirchberg | |
| Coordinates: 48°19′16″N 10°1′12″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Tübingen |
| District | Alb-Donau-Kreis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–28) | Markus Häußler[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11.45 km2 (4.42 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 510 m (1,670 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 480 m (1,570 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 4,919 |
| • Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 89171 |
| Dialling codes | 07346 |
| Vehicle registration | UL |
| Website | www.illerkirchberg.de |
Unterkirchberg (Lower Kirchberg) had a Roman castrum built around 40 AD as part of the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes to secure the street along the south shore of the Danube.
Oberkirchberg (Upper Kirchberg) was mentioned in 1087 as seat of the counts of Kirchberg who extinguished in 1519. By then, the county had already been sold to Bavaria and then to Austria. It was finally sold by Emperor Maximilian I. to Jakob Fugger in 1507, together with the adjacent lordships Weißenhorn, Wullenstetten and Pfaffenhofen (Roth), for 50.000 guilders. Schmiechen followed in 1508 and the lordship Biberbach in 1514. The emperor granted him the title of Imperial Count in 1514 so the former burgher could operate his business without interference from local nobility.[3][4] In the course of his life Jakob Fugger also became lord of more than 50 smaller villages.[3] A new castle was built by the Fugger family in 1767; its architect was Franz Anton Bagnato. The castle remained the seat of the Kirchberg branch of the family. Today it is owned by countess Maria-Elisabeth von Thun und Hohenstein, née countess Fugger zu Kirchberg und Weißenhorn.
The county became again part of Bavaria between 1805 and 1810 when it was sold to the Kingdom of Württemberg. Today it is part of Baden-Württemberg, located on the Bavarian border.
Kirchberg on the Iller in 1555
Upper Kirchberg Castle
References
- Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 11 September 2021.
- "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2021" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2021] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2022.
- Häberlein 2006, p. 188
- Pölnitz 1999, p. 112
