Hopferau

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Coat of arms of the community of Hopferau
Hopferau
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Hopferau highlighted

Coordinates: 47 ° 37 '  N , 10 ° 38'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Swabia
County : Ostallgäu
Management Community : Seeg
Height : 811 m above sea level NHN
Area : 13.16 km 2
Residents: 1205 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 92 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 87659
Area code : 08364
License plate : OAL, FÜS, MOD
Community key : 09 7 77 135
Community structure: 21 parts of the community
Address of the
municipal administration:
Main street 8
87659 Hopferau
Website : [1]
Mayor : Rudi Achatz ( Free Association of Voters )
Location of the community of Hopferau in the Ostallgäu district
Österreich Kempten (Allgäu) Landkreis Oberallgäu Kaufbeuren Landkreis Augsburg Landkreis Unterallgäu Landkreis Garmisch-Partenkirchen Landkreis Weilheim-Schongau Landkreis Landsberg am Lech Rettenbach am Auerberg Westendorf (Landkreis Ostallgäu) Wald (Schwaben) Waal (Schwaben) Untrasried Unterthingau Halblech Stöttwang Stötten am Auerberg Seeg Schwangau Rückholz Ruderatshofen Roßhaupten Ronsberg Rieden (bei Kaufbeuren) Rieden am Forggensee Pfronten Pforzen Osterzell Oberostendorf Obergünzburg Nesselwang Mauerstetten Marktoberdorf Lengenwang Lechbruck am See Lamerdingen Kraftisried Kaltental Jengen Irsee Günzach Hopferau Görisried Germaringen Füssen Friesenried Eisenberg (Schwaben) Eggenthal Buchloe Bidingen Baisweil Biessenhofen Aitrangmap
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View of the Catholic Parish Church of St. Martin

Hopferau is a municipality in the Swabian district of Ostallgäu . The place of the same name is both the capital and the seat of the municipal administration.

geography

The community borders on the Hopfensee (west bank) and is about ten kilometers away from the city center of Füssen and Pfronten .

There is only the Hopferau district .

There are 21 officially named municipal parts (the type of settlement is given in brackets ):

history

Until the church is planted

Before 1800 Hopferau was the seat of an upper and lower court of the same name and belonged to the Barons Freyberg-Eisenberg zu Hopferau . With the Rhine Confederation Act 1806, the place came to the Kingdom of Bavaria . In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

Population development

  • 1961: 0699 inhabitants
  • 1970: 0724 inhabitants
  • 1987: 0972 inhabitants
  • 1991: 1072 inhabitants
  • 1995: 1078 inhabitants
  • 2000: 1062 inhabitants
  • 2005: 1074 inhabitants
  • 2010: 1080 inhabitants
  • 2015: 1126 inhabitants

Hopferau grew by 91 inhabitants or approx. 9% from 1988 to 2008. Between 1988 and 2018 the municipality grew from 999 to 1206 by 207 inhabitants or by 20.7%.

politics

The community is a member of the Seeg administrative community .

mayor

Rudolf Achatz (Free Association of Voters) has been First Mayor since March 17, 2019. The retired police officer received 51.7 percent of the vote. He replaced Gregor Bayrhof (CSU / non-partisan voter community / Free voter community), who headed the community for 29 years.

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of twelve municipal councils:

FWG CSU Non-partisan voter community   total
2014 5 4th 3 12 seats

(As of: local elections on March 16, 2014)

coat of arms

Hopferau coat of arms
Blazon : “Divided; Above under the silver shield head in blue three two-to-one set golden balls, below in gold a black, black-horned bull's head (grind) with a hanging red tongue. "

Culture and sights

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Interior of the church
  • Lehern dairy
A show dairy can be visited in the district of Lehern . In the "Information Center for Allgäu Dairy Industry and Cheese Crafts" a film is shown about cheese production in the Allgäu. The entire company can then be visited and cheese is tasted at the end.
The restored castle of the Freyberg-Eisenberg zu Hopferau family is located in the village. It was built in 1468 and has been privately owned since 1803, of which 1846–1910 belonged to the Barons of Ponickau . Today it is used as a hotel and event center.

Soil monuments

See: List of ground monuments in Hopferau

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

In 1998 there were four in the field of agriculture and forestry , 148 in the manufacturing sector and 28 in the trade and transport sector at the place of work. In other economic sectors, 87 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 828 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There were two in manufacturing (as well as mining and quarrying of stones and earth) and four in the construction industry . In addition, in 1999 there were 41 farms with an agricultural area of ​​1052 hectares. All farms are specialized dairy farms that exclusively cultivate permanent grassland. Arable farming - including maize cultivation - is uneconomical due to the climatic conditions. The milk produced is mainly processed into hard cheese ( Emmental , mountain cheese ) in cheese factories .

Eleven farms have joined together to form a dairy cooperative that produces cheese for direct marketing in the Lehern district. The Emmental cheese produced here meets the requirements of the Allgäu Emmentaler (PDO).

traffic

The station Weizern-Hopferau is located on the railway line Biessenhofen-feet . There are connections to Augsburg and Munich.

education

The following institutions exist (as of 2012):

  • Day care center for children : 50 places, all occupied (including eight children under three years of age, seven children from six years of age)

Personalities

Konrad Zuse fountain in Wiedemen

From 1946 to 1949 Konrad Zuse lived with his family in Wiedemen near Hopferau. From 1946 to 1949 he was able to place the fully automatic Z4 calculating machine in a former flour warehouse of the Martin bakery in Hopferau and make it work.

Web links

Commons : Hopferau  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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. Mayor & City Councils . Hopferau community, accessed on 23 August 2020 .
  3. ^ Hopferau community in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on August 17, 2019.
  4. ^ Hellmut Fritz: Hopferau community .
  5. Allgäuer Zeitung of March 18, 2019, No. 65
  6. Local elections in Bavaria on March 16, 2014. Bavarian State Office for Statistics (LfStat), 2014, accessed on September 24, 2017 .
  7. ^ Entry on the coat of arms of Hopferau  in the database of the House of Bavarian History