# Merching

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{{Infobox German location
|image_coa            = DEU Merching COA.svg
|image_photo = Merching - Hauptstr - Kirche v S.jpg
|image_caption = Saint Martin Church
|coordinates       = {{coord|48|15|N|10|59|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Merching in AIC.svg
|state        = Bayern
|region  = Schwaben
|district         = Aichach-Friedberg
|elevation              = 529
|area            = 24.83
|postal_code               = 86504
|area_code           = 08233
|licence               = AIC
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 7 71 145
|mayor             = Helmut Luichtl<ref>[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], [Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik](/source/Bayerisches_Landesamt_f%C3%BCr_Statistik), 15 July 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2020&ndash;26
|party             = CSU
|website           = [http://www.merching.de www.merching.de]
}}

'''Merching''' is a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Germany) in the district of [Aichach-Friedberg](/source/Aichach-Friedberg) in [Bavaria](/source/Bavaria) in [Germany](/source/Germany).

The [coat of arms](/source/coat_of_arms) of Merching contains references to the two most important landowners in the [Middle Ages](/source/Middle_Ages). The top half is taken from the [Counts of Andechs](/source/Counts_of_Andechs) coat of arms. The bottom half comes from the [Abbey of Saints Ulrich and Afra](/source/Abbey_of_Saints_Ulrich_and_Afra).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Heyl |first=Stephanie |title=Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte - Bayerns Gemeinden |url=https://hdbg.eu/gemeinden/index.php/detail?rschl=9771145 |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=hdbg.eu |language=de}}</ref> 

== History ==
There have been mentions of Merching Castle since 1078, but no archeological evidence has been found of it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waldemar Nowey |first=Phil |date=2012 |title=Merching an der Paar im Wittelsbacherland |url=https://mering.de/mering/unsere-marktgemeinde/bekannte-buerger/nowey/nowey-merching_a_d_paar.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjmk5zqzK-PAxW7lP0HHbSDLRMQ |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=mering.de |language=de}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Cities and towns in Aichach-Friedberg (district)}}

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Category:Aichach-Friedberg

{{AichachFriedberg-geo-stub}}

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