Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Bavaria
- Admin region
- Schwaben
- District
- Aichach-Friedberg
- Mayor 2019 25
- Reinhard Gürtner ( CSU )
- Total
- 23.12 km (8.93 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 523 m (1,716 ft)
- Density
- 504.2/km (1,306/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Dialling codes
- 08233
- Vehicle registration
- AIC
- Website
- www.kissing.de
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Kissing ( German pronunciation: [ˈkɪsɪŋ]) is a municipality in the Aichach-Friedberg district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located just 10 km (6.2 mi) 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 [de]. In even earlier times, around 500, there was a thing hill nearby, which was later swept away by the floods of the river Lech.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kissing” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.