Aspach, Baden-Württemberg

For other uses, see Aspach (disambiguation).

Aspach (German pronunciation: [ˈaspax] ^ⓘ) is a community in the Rems-Murr-Kreis in Germany, near Backnang.

Aspach
Municipality
Großaspach
Coat of arms
Location of Aspach within Rems-Murr-Kreis district
Aspach Show map of Germany Aspach Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 48°58′00″N 09°23′51″E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Rems-Murr-Kreis
Government
• Mayor (2018–26)	Sabine Welte-Hauff[1]
Area
• Total	35.46 km2 (13.69 sq mi)
Elevation	295 m (968 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	8,322
• Density	230/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	71546
Dialling codes	07148, 07191
Vehicle registration	WN
Website	www.aspach.de

Aspach is made up of four, formerly independent villages: Großaspach, Kleinaspach, Allmersbach and Rietenau. In 1972, the four villages joined forces under the name Aspach. The villages were founded between 950BC and 1150BC. Rietenau is home to natural springs and used to be a popular Spa until early 1900. Water from Rietenau is still bottled today. The main village, Großaspach, is the birthplace of Hans Werner Aufrecht, co-founder of AMG Engine Production and Development, more commonly known as AMG, as well as the meaning of the "G" in the name. It is commonly mistaken for being the company's first location, but no AMG office, factory, or research facility has ever been located there - except for the garage, where Aufrecht and Melcher (the M in AMG) started out tuning cars and engines.

Sports

Großaspach is the home of SG Sonnenhof Großaspach, football club, playing in the Regionalliga Südwest.

Notable people

• Johann Conrad Weiser Sr. (1662–1746), was a German soldier, baker, farmer and was founder of their settlement of Weiser's Dorf, now known as Middleburgh, New York^[3]
• Hans Werner Aufrecht (* 1938), engineer and founder of AMG, now Mercedes-AMG GmbH, was born in Großaspach