Augsburg Hochzoll - the district of Hochzoll lies in the east of the city of Augsburg. Hochzoll is bordered on its west by the Lech river, whose waters also feed the Kuhsee to the south of Hochzoll. To the east, Hochzoll shares its city border with that of Friedberg West, a district of the town of Friedberg.
Road and rail links
The main road through Augsburg Hochzoll is the Bundesstrasse 300, which is also designated as the Bundesstrasse 2 for that part which goes through Hochzoll. The latter turns in the east of Hochzoll to the south, and forms part of the border between Hochzoll and Friedberg west. Approximately 200 meters south of the road bridge, a bridge for the railway line Augsburg-Munich also crosses the Lech. East of the railway bridge is the station Hochzoll, at which the Paartalbahn railway line branches off of the main route to Ingolstadt. This light-rail route runs about parallel to the B 300, while the main route of the Augsburg – Munich line turns south towards Munich in a long-drawn-out curve.
History
The history of Hochzoll has at its origin a bridging over the Lech river in the year 980. As the Lech is the historical border between Oberbayern and Schwaben, and as the construction of bridges was very expensive at the time, a bridge toll was raised. Also, as the town charter for the municipality Friedberg emanates from the year 1264, the Lech also served as the border between Augsburg and Friedberg. The district of Hochzoll today then belonged to Friedberg and was referred to as Friedberger Au. The history of the district has always been strongly shaped by the construction of bridges.
1639 the Lech bridge goes up in flames as a result of war and can only be rebuilt through subsidies from the realm of the city of Augsburg.
1646 during the siege of Augsburg by French and Swedish armies, the bridge again goes up in flames.
1796 the destroyed bridge, by order of the French general Moreau, is rebuilt by carpenters from Augsburg.
1797 French troops burn the bridge down again, but in the two subsequent years reconstruction of the bridge takes place successfully.
1800 Bavarian military heavily damages the bridge – but with subsequent immediate repair - complete renewal of the bridge is accomplished a few years later. From 1803 onwards the Auen is increasingly settled east of the Lech.
1818 the scattered settlements comprise 24 estates. Hochzoll, Kolonie, Kolonie an der Lechbrücke and Einöden now comprehensively form the 172 inhabitant parish community of Friedbergerau.
1839/1840 building of a wooden course bridge as a part of the building of the railway line Augsburg - Munich.
1840 at the estate "Stierhof" the first Hochzoll railway station is built on the newly constructed railway line Augsburg - Munich.
1851 a flood destroys the road bridge.
1855 the city of Augsburg builds a new heavy timber bridge for road traffic.
1862 the wooden railway bridge is replaced by a latticed bridge made of steel.
1874 through construction of the Paartalbahn arises the station Hochzoll, the number of inhabitants increase, through immigration of industrial workers, to 350.
1877 establishment of a voluntary fire-brigade.
1878 the road bridge collapses, as floodwater wash away the columns from under the bridge and deposit them 50 meters up the Lech. An emergency bridge is constructed in its place.
1891 a road bridge made of iron replaces the emergency bridge which was established in 1878.
1905 the parish of Friedbergerau takes the name Hochzoll.
1910 a flood damages large parts of the village. A new weir on the Lech – called Hochablass – is developed.
1911 first electrical road lighting.
1913 incorporation: Together with Lechhausen the village of Hochzoll, whose population has increased in the meantime to 1708 inhabitants, becomes a district of Augsburg.
1915 / 1916 a new school building "Holzerau" is established.
1926 a new steel arch construction replaces the lattice bridge of the railway. This "new" bridge was still in use up to the year 2002.
Starting from 1970 the settlement of Hochzoll begins, with the establishment of housing estates south of Oberländer street, to push against its boundaries.
1972 the Eiskanal is built as part of the 1972 Summer Olympic games held in Munich. As part of the construction measures of the Eiskanal, the Kuhsee is built in the popular local recreation area in the south of Hochzoll. Also in this year the fifth to eighth level auxiliary classes, which were previously provided at the Holbein-Gymnasium, were shifted to the now finished Rudolf Diesel Gymnasium. At present over 1.150 pupils visit this Gynasium.
1976 16 September, the Rudolf Diesel Gymnasium at Friedberger street takes up its training enterprise.
1990 new building of the road bridge
2000–2003 the 1926 built railway bridge, in the course of the four track development of the Augsburg - Munich line, is replaced by two new steel arch bridges.
