Biessenhofen

This article deals with the municipality of Biessenhofen in Bavaria. For the village of the same name in the municipality of Amriswil , Canton Thurgau, see Biessenhofen TG

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 47 ° 50 '  N , 10 ° 38'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Swabia
County :	Ostallgäu
Management Community :	Biessenhofen
Height :	710 m above sea level NHN
Area :	27.02 km 2
Residents:	4117 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	152 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	87640
Area code :	08341
License plate :	OAL, FÜS, MOD
Community key :	09 7 77 112
Community structure:	7 parts of the community
Address of the municipal administration:	Füssener Str. 12 87640 Biessenhofen
Website :	www.biessenhofen.de
First Mayor :	Wolfgang Eurisch ( CSU / Überpart . Voters )
Location of the municipality of Biessenhofen in the Ostallgäu district

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The new parish church in Biessenhofen, built in 1928

Biessenhofen is a municipality in the Swabian district of Ostallgäu and the seat of the Biessenhofen administrative community .

geography

The community is located in the Allgäu planning region near the Bachtelsee and Bärensee lakes . The municipality of Biessenhofen is located in the Wertach valley at an altitude between 683 m (Bärensee) and 795 m above sea ​​level (north of Wirthsee). There are the districts of Ebenhofen and Altdorf.

There are 7 officially named parts of the municipality (the type of settlement is given in brackets ):

Altdorf ( Kirchdorf ) Biessenhofen ( parish village ) Ebenhofen (parish village) Gennachsäge ( wasteland )

Hörmanshofen (Kirchdorf) Kreen ( hamlet ) White (wasteland)

history

Until the church is planted

The place was first mentioned in 929 as "Villa Buosahoua". Biessenhofen belonged to the prince abbey of Kempten and from 1610 to the bishopric of Augsburg . There was also the small lordship of Ottilienberg, formed in 1551 from the remnants of the Kemnat lordship by Simprecht von Benzenau, with the village center and Altdorf court as the center. Since the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, the places in the municipality belong to Bavaria . In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria , the municipal edict of 1818 created the political municipality, which was called Altdorf 'until December 1976.

19th to 21st century

In 1852 Biessenhofen was connected to the railway . In the years from 1864 to 1876 the court train of the Bavarian royal family often stopped there and the nobles got into the carriages provided to get to Füssen. In 1905 Allgäuer Alpenmilch AG settled in Biessenhofen.

At the end of the Second World War there was a large release camp for the US Army in Biessenhofen due to its convenient location .

On December 23, 1976, the name of the Altdorf community was officially changed to Biessenhofen. The new name of the community was only determined by a government ordinance after a public hearing.

In 2014, important grave goods from Alemannic graves from the 5th and 6th centuries were recovered in the Altdorf district. It is also assumed that the Roman settlement Escone was near Altdorf.

Incorporations

On April 1, 1971, the previously independent municipality of Ebenhofen was incorporated into the municipality of Altdorf.

Population development

Biessenhofen grew by 233 inhabitants or around six percent from 1988 to 2008. Between 1988 and 2018 the community grew from 3788 to 4134 by 346 inhabitants or 9.1%.

year Residents 1840 853 1900 1064 1939 1485 1950 2598 1961 2798 1970 3207 1987 3806 1991 3927

year Residents 1995 3795 2000 4067 2001 4084 2004 4025 2005 4023 2006 4026 2007 4046 2008 4021

year Residents 2009 4129 2010 3981 2011 4042 2012 4002 2013 3986 2014 3990 2015 4061 2016 4073

Source: BayLSt

politics

Mayor is Wolfgang Eurisch (CSU). In the local elections in March 2008, he replaced the previous full-time mayor Erwin Fahr.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Split by silver and blue; in front a rooted green linden tree, behind a golden crowned and golden armored silver lion. " Ministerial resolution of July 5, 1956

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Biessenhofen

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

In 1998 there were 26 in agriculture and forestry, 766 in manufacturing and 175 in trade and transport at the place of work. In other economic sectors 134 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were 1306 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There were three in manufacturing (including mining and quarrying of stones and earth) and four in the construction industry. In addition, in 1999 there were 56 farms with an agricultural area of ​​1446 hectares (ha). 1419 hectares of this were permanent green space.

The largest employer in Biessenhofen is a factory of the Nestlé Group (founded in 1905 as a subsidiary of Berner Alpenmilch , renamed Alpursa in 1917 , from 1932 as Allgäuer Alpenmilch AG and taken over by Nestlé in 1972). Various dairy products were made (earlier including the bear brand ). The main part of the production now consists of hypoallergenic baby food and instant porridge (brands Alete and Beba), clinical drinking food (brand Clinutren) as well as soups and sauces (brand Thomy Les Sauces) and, since 2004, ready-to-drink coffee products (brand Nescafé Xpress). Since 2009, the plant has been extensively expanded to meet the increasing demand for baby food.

traffic

Biessenhofen station

The Biessenhofen station is conveniently located at the intersection of two railway lines. One of them is the Bavarian Allgäu Railway from Munich to Lindau (Bodensee) (see also Ludwig-Süd-Nord-Bahn from Lindau via Kempten (Allgäu) towards Augsburg and on to Nuremberg ), one of the oldest Bavarian railway lines. Since most of the trains turn off from Buchloe to Munich today , you also have a connection there. After Füssen , the Biessenhofen – Füssen railway ( König-Ludwig-Bahn ) branches off, where the Ebenhofen stop is also located. Biessenhofen is therefore an important transfer and commuter station in the Allgäu. The federal highway 16 leads through Biessenhofen; There is a direct connection to the federal highway 12 and thus also to the highways 96 and 7 .

education

Portions of this article appear since 1999 is out of date to be .
Please help to research and insert the missing information .

In 1999 the following institutions existed:

• Kindergartens: 125 kindergarten places with 125 children
• Primary schools: two with 28 teachers and 478 students
• Adult Education Center (VHS)

Web links

Commons : Biessenhofen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage
• Biessenhofen: Official statistics of the LfStat (PDF; 1.05 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. ^ Local councils. Biessenhofen community, accessed on May 30, 2020 . 
3. ↑ http://www.wahlen.bayern.de/biz/kowa_g2008.php?g=h&schluessel=777&suchbegriff=7
4. ^ Community of Biessenhofen in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on August 17, 2019.
5. ^ 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. 779 .
6. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 519 .
7. ^ Entry on the coat of arms of Biessenhofen  in the database of the House of Bavarian History
8. ^ Nestlé Deutschland AG, Biessenhofen plant