Altenstadt (Upper Bavaria)

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	Coordinates: 47 ° 49 '  N , 10 ° 52'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Bavaria
County :	Weilheim-Schongau
Management Community :	Altenstadt (Upper Bavaria)
Height :	722 m above sea level NHN
Area :	18.66 km 2
Residents:	3305 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	177 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	86972
Area code :	08861
License plate :	WM, SOG
Community key :	09 1 90 111
Community structure:	2 parts of the community
Address of the municipal administration:	Marienplatz 2 86972 Altenstadt
Website :	www.altenstadt-obb.de
First Mayor :	Andreas Kögl (CSU)
Location of the municipality Altenstadt in the district of Weilheim-Schongau

Romanesque basilica at dawn

Altenstadt is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Weilheim-Schongau and the seat of the Altenstadt administrative community .

geography

The municipality is located in the Oberland region in Pfaffenwinkel , about 60 km southwest of Munich and 20 km southeast of Kaufbeuren .

The municipality has two officially named parts of the municipality (the type of settlement is indicated in brackets ):

• Altenstadt ( parish village )
• Schwabniederhofen ( Kirchdorf )

history

Until the church is planted

Around 15 BC the Roman Empire conquered the area during the Alpine campaigns in a battle between Rauhenlechsberg and Dießen against the Likatier . Altenstadt lies at the intersection of two old Roman roads, the Via Claudia Augusta and the old salt road from Kempten to Salzburg . In the area of ​​today's Altenstadt, the Romans built a supply warehouse and named it "Esconova". The name of the camp is not scientifically proven.

Altenstadt is the former Schongau - in the 13th century a large part of the residents moved only a few kilometers further to the settlement on the Lech, which was founded on the Lechumlaufberg, and took the place name with them. The old settlement was simply called Altenstadt, the old town of Schongau.

Around the middle of the 12th century, the former castle, Burklaberg Castle of the Lechrainer Welfen on the Burglach, also called Schlossberg, was built. This castle no longer exists today. Altenstadt belonged to the Munich Rent Office and the Schongau Regional Court of the Electorate of Bavaria . In 1818 the political municipality was established.

20th century

After the end of World War II in 1945 , Altenstadt belonged to the American zone of occupation . The American military administration set up a DP camp to accommodate so-called displaced persons . Most of them were from Poland . The camp was looked after by UNRRA and dissolved in 1950 .

Incorporations

On May 1, 1978, the previously independent municipality of Schwabniederhofen was incorporated.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018 the municipality grew from 2,920 to 3,319 by 399 inhabitants or 13.7%.

year	1840	1871	1900	1925	1939	1950	1961	1970	1987	1991	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015
population	598	659	763	897	1142	2938	2510	2522	2870	3059	3112	3195	3319	3279	3330

politics

town hall

Municipal council

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Party / list	2020 election	Election 2014	2008 election
	Seats	Seats	Seats
CSU	7th	7th	7th
SPD	2	2	2
UWV / FW	5	5	5
Schwabniederhofen voter community	2	2	2
Total seats	16	16	16

mayor

Andreas Kögl (CSU) has been mayor of Altenstadt since May 2020. His predecessor was Albert Hadersbeck, who held the office for 18 years.

Council taxes

The municipal tax revenue in 2008 was € 2,262,000, of which € 538,000 (net) was trade tax revenue .

Culture and sights

Architectural monuments

St. Michael's Basilica

The Romanesque basilica of St. Michael is significant with remains of medieval wall paintings and several examples of Romanesque sculpture. The basilica was preserved in its Romanesque form, because after the resettlement of most of the residents, the people of Altenstadt lacked the money for extensive renovations. In 1965 the church was given the title of papal minor basilica . Worth mentioning are inside the basilica

• The Romanesque baptismal font
• The triumphal cross group dated approx. 1210/20 . The larger than life crucifix "Great God of Altenstadt" is an original. The assistant figures Maria and Johannes, however, are copies, as the originals were sold to the Bavarian National Museum in 1867 to finance a church renovation and are exhibited there.

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Altenstadt

Museums

• Altenstadt stocking museum

traffic

Between Altenstadt and Schongau, federal highway 17 runs from the north, pivoting slightly westwards to the south, in an open low-lying area, on its west side is the eastern municipality border. Altenstadt is connected here via the Schongau-West / Altenstadt exit, which is part of the plan . Altenstadt is connected to Schongau by four road bridges and a pedestrian / cycle path bridge via the road cut . Over one of these bridges, the state road St 2014 leads from the northwest from Kaufbeuren via Osterzell north past the center of Altenstadt, further east via Schongau and then right of the Lech north via Birkland to Apfeldorf . From north to south, the district road WM 6 , coming from Hohenfurch through the district Schwabniederhofen, crosses Altenstadt, which crosses the federal highway 472 south of the town and leads to Burggen . In addition, a community road leads west to Schwabbruck .

From 1923 there was a train station in Altenstadt on the Kaufbeuren – Schongau line . 1972 the passenger traffic and 1992 the freight traffic was stopped and the line was closed. In 2013, the Sachsenrieder Bähnle themed cycle path was opened, which leads largely on the former branch route from Schongau to Kaufbeuren.

Others

In the Old City which is Franz Josef Strauss - barracks (also the altenstadt air base ), in which airborne and air transport school that 2./FA/UA Btl.3 and sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr are.

In 1944 the Staeble factory (lens manufacturer) was relocated to Altenstadt (Südliche Römerstrasse). The Staeble works were later integrated into the Agfa group.

Web links

Commons : Altenstadt (Oberbayern)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage
• Entry on the coat of arms of Altenstadt (Upper Bavaria)  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Altenstadt (Upper Bavaria): Official statistics of the LfStat (PDF; 1.24 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
2. ↑ Altenstadt municipality: town hall. Greetings. Retrieved May 14, 2020 . 
3. ^ Community Altenstadt in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on September 5, 2019.
4. ↑ History and Memories of the City of Schongau , first edition from 1852, reprint from 1969 by the publishing house of Schongauer Nachrichten, page 2
5. ↑ ^{a b} Altenstadt. In: The district of Weilheim-Schongau. Published by: District Office Weilheim-Schongau 2010, texts: Max Biller (district archivist), Helmut Schmidbauer (district home administrator), page 44
6. ↑ Peiting and Schongau (Altenstadt) under the Welfs (1050–1200) , Historical Association of and for Upper Bavaria, Munich 1920, page 17 ff
7. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 595 .
8. ↑ ^{a b} Altenstadt municipal statistics , accessed on November 4, 2010
9. ^ Result of the 2014 local elections , accessed on March 18, 2014
10. ↑ Weilheimer Tagblatt of March 18, 2014, local section p. 8