Kissing, Bavaria

Infobox German Location
Name = Kissing
Wappen = Wappen von Kissing.pnglat_deg = 48 |lat_min = 18
lon_deg = 10 |lon_min = 59
Bundesland = Bayern
Regierungsbezirk = Schwaben
Landkreis = Aichach-Friedberg
Höhe = 523
Fläche = 23.12
Einwohner = 11253
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 86438
Vorwahl = 08233
Kfz = AIC
Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 7 71 142
Bürgermeister = Manfred Wolf
Partei = SPD
Website = [http://www.kissing.de www.kissing.de]

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.

ee also

*Place names considered unusual
*Kicking, Austria
*Fucking, Austria