Kissing, Bavaria

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Kissing
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Swabia
District	Aichach-Friedberg
Mayor	Manfred Wolf (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	23.12 km² (8.9 sq mi)
Elevation	523 m (1716 ft)
Population	11,253 (31/12/2006)
- Density	487 /km² (1,261 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	AIC
Postal code	86438
Area code	08233
Website	www.kissing.de Coordinates: 48°18′00″N 10°59′00″E / 48.3, 10.983333

Kissing is a municipality in the Aichach-Friedberg district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located just 10 km south of Augsburg and has about 11.500 inhabitants (2003).

Kissing was first mentioned in a document in 1050 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 Kissingen.

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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