Often swing
coat of arms | Germany map | |
---|---|---|
Coordinates: 47 ° 30 ' N , 10 ° 14' E |
||
Basic data | ||
State : | Bavaria | |
Administrative region : | Swabia | |
County : | Oberallgäu | |
Management Community : | Group of horns | |
Height : | 864 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 19.54 km 2 | |
Residents: | 2068 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 106 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 87527 | |
Area code : | 08321 | |
License plate : | OA | |
Community key : | 09 7 80 134 | |
Community structure: | 12 parts of the community | |
Website : | ||
Mayor : | Alois Ried (community of voters) | |
Location of the community of Ofterschwang in the Oberallgäu district | ||
Ofterschwang is a municipality in the Swabian district of Oberallgäu and a member of the Hörnergruppe administrative community based in Fischen im Allgäu .
geography
location
The community is located four kilometers southwest of Sonthofen in the upper Illertal under the ridge of the Hörnerkette .
Parish parts
Ofterschwang has 12 officially named parts of the municipality (the type of settlement is given in brackets ):
|
|
history
Until the church is planted
Ofterschwang was part of the county of Königsegg-Rothenfels , which was exchanged for Austria in 1804 . With the peace treaties of Brno and Pressburg in 1805 , it fell to the Kingdom of Bavaria along with other areas of Upper Austria . In 1818 the community was founded.
Population development
From 1988 to 2008 Ofterschwang grew by 577 inhabitants or 39%. This was the highest percentage increase in population in the Oberallgäu district during this period. After that, growth only slowed by a further 43 residents until 2018. Between 1988 and 2018, the municipality grew from 1470 to 2090 by 620 inhabitants or 42.2%.
The following figures refer to the territorial status on May 25, 1987.
Population development | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
year | 1840 | 1900 | 1939 | 1950 | 1961 | 1970 | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | |
Residents | 867 | 842 | 1100 | 1482 | 1371 | 1598 | 1427 | 1686 | 1825 | 1871 | 2030 | 2078 | 2028 |
politics
mayor
Alois Ried (* 1966) has been First Mayor since May 1, 2002; he was last re-elected on March 15, 2020 with 92.21% of the vote.
Municipal council
In the election on March 15, 2020 , only the election proposal of the voter community of Ofterschwang with 28 applicants was available. The 14 applicants with the highest number of votes have a seat in the municipal council. The turnout was 58.07%.
coat of arms
The description of the coat of arms reads: Under a golden shield head, in it three lying red diamonds, split by red and silver; A five-flowered alpine rose in mixed colors grows from a mountain of three in mixed up colors.
Architectural monuments
tourism
holiday destination
Ofterschwang is a holiday resort with 1,492 guest beds and 305,643 overnight stays in 2014. The place is the starting point for mountain and bike tours and in winter offers cross-country ski trails in the valley and a variety of ski runs around the Ofterschwanger Horn . Tourist starting points are the Tiefenberger Moor with nature trails and an 18 + 18 + 9 hole golf course of the luxury hotel Sonnenalp; Sonnenalp-Oberallgäu golf course. The Sonnenalp is 39.3 million euros in sales in 2015 ranked 7th in Germany and is the only hotel in the top ten, which is not in Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt.
Hikes, ski and snowshoe tours
From Ofterschwang it is possible to cross several peaks of the Hörnergruppe in winter with touring skis or on snowshoes. The tour is called the Allgäu Horn Tour. In summer, the small horn tour leads from the mountain station of the World Cup Express on a panoramic path over the Ofterschwanger Horn, Sigiswanger Horn , Rangiswanger Horn and Weiherkopf to the mountain station of the Hörnerbahn. The big horn tour also leads over the Großer Ochsenkopf, the Riedberger Horn and the Bolsterlanger Horn .
ADAC tourism award
In 2010, Ofterschwang was awarded the ADAC Tourism Prize by the ADAC for the product “ Good things from the village ” .
Sports
Ofterschwanger Horn
On the local mountain, the Ofterschwanger Horn, artificial snow is produced over a length of 15,000 meters; it is the longest snow-making system in Germany. A modern 8-seater gondola lift, a modern 6-seater chair lift, a 4-seater chair lift as well as 1 drag lift and 2 children's lifts open up 17 km of slopes that are groomed by various snow groomers.
Alpine Ski World Cup
As a ski world cup location, Ofterschwang is an irregular organizer of world cup races in the slalom and giant slalom disciplines . The first race took place in 1999 and was a men's giant slalom that Stephan Eberharter won. The next day there was a men's slalom, since then only women's races have been held.
Web links
- Entry on the coat of arms of Ofterschwang in the database of the House of Bavarian History
- Ofterschwang: Official statistics of the LfStat
- Official tourism site
- Official website of the venue for the Ski World Cup
Individual evidence
- ↑ "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 ).
- ^ Community of Ofterschwang in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on August 15, 2019 .. Only 11 districts are given there. Alpe Eck has only been an official district since the beginning of 2015.
- ↑ Municipality of Ofterschwang: Our village - figures, data & facts . Retrieved June 10, 2015.
- ↑ Guests and investors fly to German hotels , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of May 20, 2016, p. 22.
- ^ The tourism prize awarded by the ADAC
- ^ Fédération Internationale de Ski : Podiums Ofterschwang . fis-ski.com. Retrieved March 2, 2012.