Forsthofen

Forsthofen Ettringen municipality Coordinates: 48 ° 9 ′ 51 ″  N , 10 ° 39 ′ 40 ″  E
Incorporation :	May 1, 1978
Incorporated into:	Ettringen (Wertach)
Postal code :	86833
Area code :	08262
Entrance to Forsthofen

The village of Forsthofen is part of the Upper Swabian community of Ettringen in the Unterallgäu district in Swabia .

geography

Forsthofen is located about 500 meters north of Traunried on the state road 2027 between Hiltenfingen and Scherstetten .

history

Forsthofen is mentioned for the first time in 1441, the name goes back to a "Forsthof" which was subordinate to the Ammann von Schwabmünchen and thus the bishopric of Augsburg . In 1667 there were three farms in Forsthofen. In 1785 the Augsburg bishopric left the place to the Steingaden monastery . Around 1800 the manor and lower jurisdiction lay in Steingaden , the administration at the Obervogtamt Wiedergeltingen and the sovereign rights at the care court in Türkheim .

Attractions

The St. Josef Chapel is a chapel built in 1885 by three Forsthofener farmers with a Pietà from around 1400, which is a listed building.

Web links

Commons : Forsthofen (Ettringen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

• Hermann Haisch (Ed.): Landkreis Unterallgäu . Memminger Zeitung Verlagsdruckerei, Memmingen 1987, ISBN 3-9800649-2-1 , p. 998 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Locations of the Ettringen community in the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online. Website bayerische-Landesbibliothek-online. Retrieved April 10, 2015