Birch trees (Kempten)

Birch trees City of Kempten (Allgäu) Coordinates: 47 ° 44 ′ 18 ″  N , 10 ° 20 ′ 47 ″  E
Height :	740 m above sea level NN
Residents :	9  (May 25 1987)
Postal code :	87437
Area code :	0831
Location of Birken in Kempten (Allgäu)

Birken is a wasteland and part of the independent city of Kempten (Allgäu) . The wasteland belonged to the municipality of Sankt Mang until 1972 , which was annexed to Kempten that year.

history

Birken was still called "Sanzen" in 1294 and until 1353 belonged to the lords of Liebenthan-Wolfsattel. Later the wasteland was called "Birkhen" or "Bürken" (Hof des Bürk). In 1442 the farm was sold to a Hans von Ronsberg together with the Liebenthann lordship, which had meanwhile been inherited by a noble family "von Rechberg". Five years later, the farm presumably passed to the Kempten monastery . In 1526 a Hanns Hewl zum Santzen signed the Memmingen Treaty .

In 1819 Birken consisted of a single courtyard with four residents. In 1900 there were already two houses with eleven residents. In 1954 there were 14 residents in Birken.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Heinrich Uhlig: Sankt Mang. History of an Allgäu community. Verlag des Heimatpflegers von Schwaben, Kempten (Allgäu) 1955, p. 365f.