Marktoberdorf

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

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Swabia
County : Ostallgäu
Height : 758 m above sea level NHN
Area : 95.22 km 2
Residents: 18,725 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 197 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 87616
Area code : 08342
License plate : OAL, FÜS, MOD
Community key : 09 7 77 151
LOCODE : DE MOF
City structure: 27 parts of the community

City administration address : 		Richard-Wengenmeier-Platz 1
87616 Marktoberdorf
Website : www.marktoberdorf.de
Mayor : Wolfgang Hell ( CSU )
Location of the town of Marktoberdorf in the Ostallgäu district
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Marktoberdorf ( dialect Obrdoarf ) is a town in the Ostallgäu district of the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia and the administrative seat of the Ostallgäu district. The state-approved resort with around 18,500 inhabitants is located in the Allgäu Alpine foothills . At 758  m above sea level NHN is Marktoberdorf, the highest district town in Germany and one of the highest towns in Bavaria.

Marktoberdorf - district town in Ostallgäu
Parish church of St. Martin and electoral castle in Marktoberdorf
Marktoberdorf from the south

geography

location

Marktoberdorf is one hundred kilometers southwest of Munich and in the middle of the Ostallgäu district . Through the area of the city flow to the west the Wertach and in the east the Geltnach , which flows beneath the city in the Wertach. The urban area rises between 700 and 900 m above sea level. NN and the landscape is characterized by a delightful mixture of meadows, forests, hills and about a dozen small lakes and ponds.

City structure

The area of ​​Marktoberdorf consists of the actual urban area, which can be divided into the city center, Moos in the north, Gwend and Gschlatt in the south, the Alsterberg in the east and the industrial and commercial area west of the railway line, as well as the surrounding formerly independent municipalities of Bertoldshofen (975 inhabitants), Geisenried (1,118 inhabitants), Leuterschach (1,216 inhabitants), Rieder (738 inhabitants), Sulzschneid (570 inhabitants) and Thalhofen a. d. Wertach (1,608 inhabitants).

The municipality has 27 officially named municipality parts :

12,185 inhabitants live in the city center (not including the districts); in Thalhofen a. d. Wertach 1,609 inhabitants (as of February 2012).

Surroundings

The city of Kaufbeuren is located about eleven kilometers from Marktoberdorf . Within a radius of 25 kilometers are Kempten , Füssen with the Königswinkel and the Upper Bavarian Schongau . The 1055 m high Auerberg with a wide view is approx. 10 km as the crow flies. The Ammer Mountains and the Allgäu Alps can be seen from the city.

history

Funeral procession for Prince-Bishop Clemens Wenzeslaus, who died in 1812, from the market square on the Schlossberg, where he is buried in a grave chapel on the choir side of the parish church of St. Martin, next to the electoral summer palace.

Until the 19th century

The place Oberndorf arose from a Franconian royal court and in contrast to the older Altdorf (now a district of the neighboring Biessenhofen ) and belonged from 1299 until Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803 as Pflegamt Oberdorf to the Bishopric of Augsburg . There is evidence that Celts , Romans and Alemanni already settled in the area of ​​today's city . 1453 received the place from Emperor Friedrich III. the market law ( Oberdorf market ) with important proprietary rights.

The place has belonged to Bavaria since 1803 . In the further course of the events of 1848 , the district offices of Oberdorf and Kaufbeuren were established on July 1, 1862. In 1876 the railway connection was made on the secondary line Kaufbeuren - Füssen. On February 26, 1898, the name of the municipality and the district office was changed to Markt Oberdorf .

Town square in Marktoberdorf

20th century

During the First World War , around 400 people from Oberdorf served in the royal Bavarian army . By 1918 more than 80 of these soldiers from the front lost their lives. The Oberdorf gymnasium housed a reserve hospital during the four years of the war. The market town (1939 approx. 2900 inhabitants) developed into an industrial and recreational area in the 20th century. After the Second World War, the place grew mainly due to the settlement of expellees from the Sudeten German areas (1953 approx. 5,300 inhabitants; 1967 10,000 inhabitants). As a result of the incorporation in the 1970s, the young city grew to around 15,000 inhabitants. In 2004 a temporary high of around 18,500 inhabitants was reached.

In 1953 the place was given city rights. The name was changed on July 17, 1953 from Markt Oberdorf to Marktoberdorf. Until June 30, 1972, the city was the seat of the administrative district of Marktoberdorf . Since it was merged with the old districts of Füssen and Kaufbeuren , the administration of the new district, which was named the Ostallgäu district on May 1, 1973 , has its seat here.

In 1975 Marktoberdorf lost the district court and the tax office to the neighboring city of Kaufbeuren . Marktoberdorf has been the seat of a Bavarian music academy since 1984.

Incorporations

Marktoberdorf 1968

On January 1, 1972, the previously independent municipality of Rieder was incorporated. On April 1, 1972, Geisenried and Thalhofen an der Wertach were added. Bertoldshofen and Sulzschneid followed on July 1, 1972, and Leuterschach on May 1, 1978.

21st century

In 2013 the district clinic closed in Marktoberdorf amid great public protest. It was removed in May 2017, although, contrary to expectations, a residue remained after two explosions.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2008, Marktoberdorf grew by 2,076 inhabitants or around 13%. Between 1988 and 2018 the population grew from 16,146 to 18,539 by 2,393 or 14.8%. On June 30, 2019, Marktoberdorf had 18,686 inhabitants.

The population from 1840 onwards relates to the area of ​​the municipality today.

Population development
year 1840 1900 1939 1950 1960 1970 1978 1987 1991 1995 2002 2005 2010 2015 2016 2017
Residents 3,701 4,731 5,752 9,714 12,195 15,040 15,300 15,909 17.304 17,994 18,482 18,462 18.199 18,349 18,390 18,396

politics

City council election 2014
Turnout: 63.6%
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
32.0%
20.3%
15.0%
9.1%
13.5%
10.0%
Districts ACTIVE

City council

The city council has 24 members. Distribution of seats for the 2014–2020 electoral period:

CSU FW MOD SPD Green BP Districts ACTIVE
8 seats 5 seats 4 seats 2 seats 3 seats 2 seats

mayor

The first mayor is Wolfgang Hell (CSU). He was elected to office in the 2014 local elections with 63.5% of the vote (runoff). Deputies are Wolfgang Hannig (SPD) and Carl Singer (Free Voters).

coat of arms

Description : “In silver a growing, looking, golden armored, helmeted, leg-lit, black belted, Roman legionnaire in natural colors with a red tunic, cloak and helmet plume, with a gold-tipped, silver sword, the cloak with a growing, golden apron, pleading, naked Dividing beggars in natural colors. "

History of the coat of arms: The coat of arms was chosen after St. Martin von Tours , the patron of the parish church in Marktoberdorf, the city's landmark. A colored drawing of the first known market seal from 1745 comes from 1811. It shows St. Martin without a helmet in a long blue robe. He stands on a pillow and shares his red cloak with the sword. Next to it sits a bearded beggar in a red robe. The inscription on the seal reads IN DEM MARCHT OBERDORF. MARTINVS is written under the seal image. The city coat of arms was simplified to the form described in 1837 and adopted again in 1928. In its current presentation, it has been run since 2003, the year of the city's 50th anniversary.

Marktoberdorf from the northeast

City partnerships and sponsored city

Marktoberdorf has had a town partnership with Waldmünchen in the Upper Palatinate since 1983 . Since 1957 it has been the sponsor town for the Germans who were expelled from their homeland from the city and the former district of Hohenelbe in the Giant Mountains.

Parish Church of Saint Martin

Culture and sights

Museums

Modeon in Marktoberdorf

theatre

  • Event house MODEON
  • mobilé : theater school, cabaret and theater cinema under the direction of Monika Schubert
  • Filmburg : listed arthouse cinema from 1955

music

  • Bavarian Music Academy (next to Alteglofsheim and Hammelburg )
  • Carl Orff Choir
  • Stadtkapelle Marktoberdorf
  • Youth wind orchestra Marktoberdorf
  • Marktoberdorf Whitsun festivals - international encounter festivals with concerts throughout the region

dialect

Marktoberdorf is located on the south-eastern edge of the Alemannic language area. The Southeast Swabian or Ostallgäu dialect in and around Marktoberdorf is characterized, among other things, by the fact that mhd. Ou has developed into a closed oo (e.g. glooba - believe - or Oog - eye) and the r after a vowel in the middle of the word is often omitted and the preceding vowel is spoken long (e.g. Wuuscht - Wurst -, Maat - Markt -, heet - hart).

Buildings

Former prince-bishop's palace and parish church of St. Martin

Marktoberdorf has 73 architectural and 31 ground monuments.

Market square in Marktoberdorf

Green spaces

  • Luitpold height (also called Buchel)
  • Kurfürstenallee: 2 km long, listed lime tree avenue from the Baroque period, between the former prince-bishop's palace and the so-called "temple".
Kurfürstenallee in Marktoberdorf

sport and freetime

  • The Prälatenweg , a thematic long-distance hiking trail that leads through the Alpine foothills to Kochel am See in Upper Bavaria, begins at the former Electoral Palace .
  • The Jakobsweg passes Marktoberdorf from Munich on its way to Lake Constance .
  • A cycle path leads from Marktoberdorf to Lechbruck along the route of a disused railway line. It is part of the so-called steam locomotive circuit .
  • Marktoberdorf is on the Allgäu cycle path .
  • The relay mix marathon takes place every two years in June, a combination of inline skating, cycling and running
  • Nikolauslauf in mid-December
  • Ettwieser Weiher, natural swimming pool and climbing garden in the hamlet of Ettwiesen south of the city
  • Marktoberdorf indoor swimming pool
  • Several gyms and soccer fields
  • Open-air artificial ice stadium
  • Possibility to visit the Fendt / Agco tractor works
  • Marktoberdorf owns several sports clubs (EV Allgäu Amigos, FSV Marktoberdorf, FC Thalhofen, TSV Leuterschach, SV Geisenried, Türk Spor Marktoberdorf, FC Sulzschneid, and TSV Bertoldshofen).

Regular events

International Chamber Choir Competition Marktoberdorf 2005
  • Gaudiwurm for Carnival (since 1966; 2018: 1,600 participants, 32,000 spectators)
  • NATO International Summer School (as Advanced Study Institute of the NATO Security Through Science program )
  • Musica Sacra International - music festival of the world religions over the days of Pentecost (every even year)
  • International Chamber Choir Competition Marktoberdorf - Competition of the international choir elite over the Whitsun days (in each uneven year)
  • City festival in July
  • Urban market in early May - Martini market in early November
  • Christmas market during Advent

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

AGCO Fendt, Marktoberdorf

The best-known and largest company in Marktoberdorf with around 3,600 employees (as of 2019) is the production facility of the tractor manufacturer AGCO (Fendt) . The production facility (formerly the Sailer brewery ) of the Allgäu brewery , which today belongs to the Radeberger Group , is located in the Leuterschach district and a branch of the Niehoff machine works opposite . Other companies are Eisen-Fendt (steel and tool trade), Atterer ( hardware trade ), Hubert Schmid (construction, recycling, soil preparation), Xaver Schmid (construction company) and Grömo and Rösle (subsidiaries of the Marktoberdorf metal goods factory ).

Tourism is also of increasing importance for the state-approved resort. In 2019 there were 111,206 overnight stays.

Marktoberdorf traditionally has a low unemployment rate. In November 2017 it was 2.0% in the Marktoberdorf department of the Kempten employment office.

traffic

The city is on the Biessenhofen – Füssen railway line , and trains run every hour to Kaufbeuren in the north and to Füssen in the south. In addition, there is an hourly direct connection to Munich and Augsburg . Marktoberdorf has a total of three stations: Marktoberdorf train station, the train station in the Leuterschach district and the Marktoberdorf school stop. Another stop is planned for the Marktoberdorf-Nord district.

Marktoberdorf train station

Marktoberdorf lies at the intersection of federal highways 12 , 16 and 472 ; This provides a connection to the 7 and 96 motorways .

media

The Marktoberdorf local editorial office of the Allgäuer Zeitungsverlag produces a local section of the Marktoberdorfer Landbote / Obergünzburger Nachrichten of the Allgäuer Zeitung .

Public facilities

District Office Ostallgäu in Marktoberdorf
Town hall in Marktoberdorf
  • District Office Ostallgäu (2016 approx. 500 employees)
  • Employment agency / job center
  • Health department
  • Land surveying office
  • District Hospital (until June 30, 2013)
  • Indoor pool with outdoor pool and sauna

education

Water supply

The town of Marktoberdorf gets its drinking water from three locations: from the wells in Kirchthaler Moos approx. 10 km south of the city, from the wells south of the Bertoldshofen district and from the source Marusleiten of the Oberthingau water supply association approx. 6 km southwest.

Personalities

Born in Marktoberdorf

Other personalities associated with the city

literature

  • Maria Bauer: Marktoberdorf today and tomorrow , Kempten: AVA, Verl. Allgäu, 2001, ISBN 3-924809-73-9
  • Maria Bauer: Our Marktoberdorf: Ways and encounters , Kempten: Allgäuer Zeitungsverl., 1990, ISBN 3-88006-149-1
  • Mechtild Becker: Marktoberdorf (The archive images series) [illustrated book], Erfurt: Sutton, 2002, ISBN 3-89702-438-1
  • Rainer Christlein : The Alemannic row grave field of Marktoberdorf in the Allgäu (material booklets on Bavarian prehistory; H. 21), Kallmünz / Opf .: Lassleben, 1966
  • Richard Dertsch : Landkreis Marktoberdorf , (Historical Place Name Book of Bavaria: Swabia; Bd. 1), Munich: Commission f. Bayer. National history, 1953
  • Claudia Eisinger-Schmidt (author), Comm. For Bayer. Landesgeschichte München (Hrsg.): Marktoberdorf (Historical Atlas of Bavaria: Part Swabia: Series 1; H. 14), Kallmünz: Lassleben, 1985. Zugl .: München, Univ., Diss., 1982 udT: Eisinger-Schmidt, Claudia : Development of rule and structures of rule in the eastern Allgäu on both sides of the Wertach , ISBN 3-7696-9935-1
  • Reinhard Heydenreuter (Ed .: Konrad Ackermann and Manfred Pix on behalf of the Bavarian Savings Banks and Giro Association): Marktoberdorf: electoral summer residence in the Ostallgäu (Bavarian townscapes: Swabia), Stuttgart: Dt. Sparkassenverl., 1997, ISBN 978-3-09-303837-2
  • Michael Petzet : Landkreis Marktoberdorf (short inventory) , (Bavarian art monuments; 23), Munich: Deutscher Kunstverl., 1966
  • Alois Regner: Building blocks for local history of the Marktoberdorf district , Marktoberdorf: Marktoberdorf district association in the Heimatbund Allgäu e. V., 1959
  • Alois Regner (author), Marktoberdorf district association in the Heimatbund Allgäu e. V. (Ed.): 500 inscriptions on memorial stones, memorial plaques, public buildings, epitaphs, votive tablets and church bells in the Marktoberdorf district (inscription collection in Bavarian Swabia), Marktoberdorf: Marktoberdorf district association in the Heimatbund Allgäu e. V., 1958

Web links

Commons : Marktoberdorf  - Collection of images, 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. ^ Community of Marktoberdorf in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on August 18, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b Wilhelm Volkert (Ed.): Handbook of the Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 519 .
  4. ^ Stefan March : Oberdorf, Bavaria and the First World War. In: The Great War in Markt Oberdorf . (Marktoberdorfer Heimatblätter). Edited by Heimatverein Marktoberdorf eV and the city of Marktoberdorf, Marktoberdorf, 2014. pp. 11–21
  5. ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Historical municipality register: The population of the municipalities of Bavaria in the period from 1840 to 1952 (=  contributions to Statistics Bavaria . Issue 192). Munich 1954, DNB  451478568 , p. 249 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00066439-3 ( digitized version ).
  6. ^ 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 .
  7. ↑ Website of the city: City Council Election 2014 ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.marktoberdorf.de
  8. ↑ http://www.kaluwi.de/Kohlhunden.html