Friedberg, Bavaria

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Friedberg
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Swabia
District	Aichach-Friedberg
Town subdivisions	15 Stadtteile
Mayor	Peter Bergmair (SPD/"Parteifreie Bürger")
Basic statistics
Area	81.20 km² (31.4 sq mi)
Elevation	514 m (1686 ft)
Population	29,189 (31/12/2006)
- Density	359 /km² (931 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	AIC
Postal code	86316
Area code	0821
Website	www.friedberg.de Coordinates: 48°21′0″N 10°59′0″E / 48.35, 10.98333

Friedberg is a city in the district Aichach-Friedberg, Bavaria, Germany, with some 30,000 inhabitants. It is located next to Augsburg at the Lech river. The city was founded in the 13th century in order to collect a toll from people using the bridge across the Lech River.

[edit] Town twinning

La Crosse, Wisconsin (USA)
Völs am Schlern (Fiè allo Sciliar), Bolzano-Bozen (Italy)
Friedberg, Styria (Austria)
Bressuire (France)
Chippenham (England)

[edit] External links

Friedberg city website (German)
Friedberg online-marketplace (German)

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Aichach-Friedberg

Adelzhausen \| Affing \| Aichach \| Aindling \| Baar \| Dasing \| Eurasburg \| Friedberg \| Hollenbach \| Inchenhofen \| Kissing \| Kühbach \| Merching \| Mering \| Obergriesbach \| Petersdorf \| Pöttmes \| Rehling \| Ried \| Schiltberg \| Schmiechen \| Sielenbach \| Steindorf \| Todtenweis