Ferthofen

Ferthofen City of Memmingen Coordinates: 47 ° 57 ′ 10 ″ N , 10 ° 6 ′ 55 ″ E
Residents :	1364 (December 31, 2009)
Incorporation :	April 1, 1971
Incorporated into:	Volkratshofen
Postal code :	87700
Area code :	08331
	Location of Ferthofen in Memmingen

Ferthofen is a village in Upper Swabia , around eight kilometers west of the center of Memmingen . The municipality of Ferthofen was incorporated into the municipality of Volkratshofen in 1971 . In 1978, as part of the municipal reform , it was incorporated into the city of Memmingen together with Volkratshofen.

location

Ferthofen is located on the Iller , which forms the state border with Baden-Württemberg there . There are also some resettler farms in the Illergries and residential houses on the other side of the Iller on the edge of Aitrach .

Iller dam Ferthofen

history

The Iller crossing near Ferthofen has always played a central role. This important transition was already used in prehistory and early history. Later the imperial free highway led from Memmingen via Leutkirch - Wangen to Lindau over the Illerbrücke. The fate of the community has been determined by the events on the Iller crossing since Roman times. Merchants with salt, Lake Constance wine and grain, knights, soldiers and monks used the ford and bridge. The first documentary mention of the property of the Marstetten rulership can be dated to the years 1551 and 1559. In 1784 the Memmingen patrician Johann Sigmund von Lupine bought 40 days' work in Grund from the Marstetten lordship, freed them from foreign sovereignty and built his Illerfeld Castle on this noble estate . The Bavarian customs house was built in Ferthofen in 1806 , but the place did not become an independent municipality until 1818. From 1861, jurisdiction lay with the Memmingen Regional Court. Shortly before the end of the Second World War , the Iller Bridge was blown up to stop the advancing American and French troops. The bridge was not rebuilt until 1949 and enabled the connection between Bavaria and Württemberg again. In 1950 the Illerkraftwerk Aitrach near Ferthofen was put into operation.

On November 22, 1970, the majority of Ferthofer voted in a vote for the affiliation to the municipality of Volkratshofen, which was carried out on April 1, 1971. Since May 1st 1978 the village belongs to Memmingen.

Attractions

The reservoir of the Illerkraftwerk offers a special scenic charm. Illerfeld Castle , with its parks and a protected tulip tree avenue, is also a place of interest.

Ferthofen Iller Bridge
Illerfeld Castle
Mausoleum in the park
Ferthofen power plant

Web links

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

The district on memmingen.de

Individual evidence

^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 521 .
^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 764 .

[1] Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 521 .

[2] 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 764 .