Burgberg in the Allgäu

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Swabia
County :	Oberallgäu
Height :	751 m above sea level NHN
Area :	15.98 km 2
Residents:	3301 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	207 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	87545
Area code :	08321
License plate :	OA
Community key :	09 7 80 118
LOCODE :	DE 8BU
Community structure:	6 parts of the community
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Grüntenstrasse 2 ; 87545 Burgberg i.Allgäu
Website :	gemeinde-burgberg.de
First Mayor :	André Eckardt ( CSU )
Location of the municipality of Burgberg i.Allgäu in the Oberallgäu district

Burgberg im Allgäu (officially: Burgberg i.Allgäu ) is a municipality in the Swabian district of Oberallgäu ( Bavaria ).

geography

The place is southwest at the foot of the "local mountain " Grünten . There is only the district Burgberg in the Allgäu. The municipality has 6 officially named municipality parts (the type of settlement is indicated in brackets ):

Agathazell ( Kirchdorf )
On the reed ( wasteland )
Burgberg i.Allgäu ( parish village )
Ore rafts (wasteland)
Houses ( village )
Ortwang (village)

East of Castle Hill flows Starzlach which the walk since 1932 Starzlachklamm forms and in the community in the part Erzflöße Ostrach opens.

history

Until the church is planted

The municipality gives its name to the castle on the mountain, today's castle ruins Heimenhofen at the southeast end of the village. This castle was the seat of Burkhart von Burgberg as early as 1140. From 1351 to 1536 it was the seat of the Lords of Heimenhofen. Burgberg in the Allgäu was part of the Augsburg monastery . Since the secularization of 1803 the place belongs to Bavaria. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria , today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

Population development

From 1988 to 2008 the population grew by 488 people or approx. 19%. Between 1988 and 2018 the community grew from 2,620 to 3,256 by 636 inhabitants or 24.3%.

The following figures refer to the territorial status on May 25, 1987:

year	1840	1900	1939	1950	1961	1970	1987	1991	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015
Residents	876	920	1129	1706	1636	2167	2608	2807	3151	3251	3226	3107	3229

Castle hill from the southeast

Burgberg with Grünten

Mining

In the late Middle Ages , ore was mined from the mineralized Nummulite limestone near Burgberg, at the foot of the Grünten , which was smelted in nearby Sonthofen and Hindelang . To commemorate this, the “Erzgruben Erlebniswelt am Grünten” was opened on July 16, 2006. Because of the ore extraction, large parts of the Burgberg Forest were cut down. He was reforested and today consists of a coniferous forest - monoculture that for bark beetles is vulnerable.

politics

Municipal council

The election on March 15, 2020 had the following result:

Party / list	Share of votes	Seats
Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU)	30.02%	5
Alliance 90 / The Greens	19.21%	3
Free voters Bavaria	21.16%	3
Independent list	29.61%	5

The turnout was 72.29% and thus 8.2% higher than in 2014. Compared to 2014, the CSU and Free Voters lost one seat each, and the Independent List won a mandate. While the SPD (previously two seats) did not submit any more nominations, the Greens reapplied and won three seats straight away.

mayor

André Eckardt (CSU) has been mayor since May 1, 2020; he was elected on March 15, 2020 from a competitor with 56.3% of the vote. His predecessor was Dieter Fischer (Free Voters) from 1990 to 2020; In the municipal elections in Bavaria in 2014 , he was elected for the fifth term with 55.3% of the votes.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Split by red and silver; at the gap in front a silver castle with an open gate, behind a green mountain with three peaks, covered with a silver mallet and a silver hammer in an oblique intersection. "

Architectural monuments

Soil monuments

education

There is a kindergarten and a primary school on site .

Personalities

Willy Müller (1903–1992), inventor of the answering machine and other technical devices
Walburga Kessler (1918–1944), victim of National Socialism
Alfons Zeller (* 1945 in Häuser near Burgberg), former member of the CSU in the Bavarian state parliament
Eva Weber (* 1977 in Wangen im Allgäu ), Lord Mayor of the City of Augsburg

Honorary citizen

Arnulf Heimhofer (* 1930), German painter
Hermann Köberle (born February 27, 1919 - † March 28, 2011)

leisure

In winter numerous cross-country trails and a toboggan run are available, in summer the natural open-air swimming pool, which was opened in May 2007, and the Ortwang lake, invite you to swim. Numerous hiking trails are also signposted.

The Burgberg night parade takes place every two years on Shrove Saturday.