Edenbergen is a village and a former municipality in the district Augsburg in Bavaria, Germany. Since 1 January 1978, it is part of the municipality of Gersthofen. Edenbergen incorporates the hamlets of Gailenbach and Gailenbacher Mühle.

Geography Edenbergen is located at an altitude of above sea level on a ridge between Böglebach to the north and Gailenbach to the south. These two creeks run through the village from the west to the east where they empty into the Schmutter river. The Gailenbacher Mühle (Gailenbach mill) lies on the banks of the Schmutter and belongs to Edenbergen as well as Gailenbach, a small hamlet in the southeast of Edenbergen.Eberlein, Hans (1969). Grundriß der Heimatkunde des Landkreises Augsburg. 2nd edition, edited by Hermann Endrös and Johannes Krausse. Augsburg: Eigenverlag des Landkreises Augsburg.

Demographics

Population

Edenbergen is the smallest village of the municipality of Gersthofen and amounts only to about 1.5 percent of the town's total population. On 1 July 2009, 304 people lived in Edenbergen, 148 females and 156 males. This corresponds to a proportion of women of 48.7 percent.Municipality of Gersthofen: Daten & Zahlen (German). Retrieved 26 January 2013. At that time, the population density of Edenbergen was . Year Population 1809 146 1840 168 1864 145 1900 172 1910 174 1925 165 Year Population 1933 168 1939 168 1946 273 1950 278 1961 237 1970 340 Year Population 1975 401 1977 392 1987 351 1988 347 1989 350 1997 318 Year Population 1999 306 2002 315 2005 318 2006 319 2007 309 2008 302 Year Population 2009 304 2010 304 2013 312

Religion Roman Catholics comprise most of the population in Edenbergen and belong to the parish of Batzenhofen, a village half a mile east of Edenbergen and part of the Diocese of Augsburg.Bistum Augsburg. Pfarrei St. Martin – Batzenhofen (German). Retrieved 25 January 2013. There is no church building in Edenbergen, but three chapels dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Coats of arms

References

External links

Website of Edenbergen (German) Official website of Gersthofen (German)