Lechbruck am See

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Swabia
County :	Ostallgäu
Height :	737 m above sea level NHN
Area :	17.27 km 2
Residents:	2718 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	157 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	86983
Area code :	08862
License plate :	OAL, FÜS, MOD
Community key :	09 7 77 147
Community structure:	21 parts of the community
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Flößerstr. 1 ; 86983 Lechbruck am See
Website :	www.gemeinde.lechbruck.de
Mayor :	Werner Moll ( Free Voting Association Lechbruck am See eV )
Location of the municipality of Lechbruck am See in the Ostallgäu district

The place from above

Lechbruck am See

Lechbruck am See ( dialect : Lech ) is a municipality and a parish village in the Swabian district of Ostallgäu .

geography

The place is in the Allgäu region on the west bank of the Lech .

The municipality has 21 officially named municipal parts (the type of settlement is given in brackets ):

Dieswag ( hamlet )
Forsthof ( wasteland )
Ford (wasteland)
Geisenmoos (wasteland)
Gogerisch (wasteland)
Gsteig (wasteland)
Helmenstein ( village )

Klausmen (hamlet)
Kurzenhof (wasteland)
Lechbruck am See ( parish village )
Leibenberg (hamlet)
Leithen (hamlet)
Upper plain (wasteland)
Deer (wasteland)

Reuthen (hamlet)
Giants (wasteland)
Key stroke (wasteland)
Söld (desert)
Pride stroke (wasteland)
Subclass (wasteland)
Wagegg (hamlet)

history

Until the 19th century

Lechbruck consisted of the two separate places Lech and Lechbruck until around 1777. The district "Lech" (today the lower village of Lechbruck) was first mentioned in 1316 ("Hof ze Lech"). About the upper part of the village it says in the land register from 1398: "The Gogers is a good little farm, the Pfanzelt von Lechbrug has." That is the oldest mention of the current village name. The village belonged to the bishopric of Augsburg . Since the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 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 .

The Via Claudia Augusta ran through Lechbruck along its entire length from around AD 20. Part of the original route, 3 km north of the town, around 500 meters are still visible today.

Michel de Montaigne rode in 1580 with his retinue from Bordeaux ......... to Wangen, Isny, Kempten, .. Füssen, flowed over the Lech to Schongau, Landsberg, Augsburg - then rode over Munich, Innsbruck, towards Rome. He passed on the Lech with the Lechbruck raft , formerly a branch of Bernbeuren , belonging to the Probstamt Füssen .

Before the construction of the Marktoberdorf – Lechbruck railway line and the Lech regulation, the place had a long tradition as a “Flößerdorf”. The courageous rafters from Lechbruck were responsible for rafting mountain wood, stone and building materials, charcoal and food from the upper Lech Valley to the Augsburg area. Quite a few rafts even sailed down the Danube to Vienna , Budapest and Belgrade by 1819 .

He was repeatedly plagued by floods: Ingrid Kahlert in the Ortschronik von Lechbruck - In “... Rosina the maid” Karl Fliegauf describes how his grandfather came to Lechbruck, took up quarters in the “Bäredoanar” (Baereduanar). .... flood .... was in 1879 ... “. K. Fliegauf "An Lech und Ammer" ".. when the bricklayer and the exhausted Rosina climbed to the bank ... One never knew such a flood ... the Lech had overflowed its banks and rolled its dirty gray water like a mighty river through the valley .... went ... the Thalhofer to his little room at "Bäreduanar."

Population development

1961: 2011 inhabitants
1970: 2158 inhabitants
1987: 2248 inhabitants
1991: 2364 inhabitants
1995: 2471 inhabitants
2000: 2522 inhabitants
2005: 2524 inhabitants
2010: 2541 inhabitants
2015: 2732 inhabitants

The community grew from 1988 to 2008 by 257 inhabitants or around eleven percent. Between 1988 and 2018, the community grew from 2,254 to 2,684 by 430 inhabitants or 19.1%.

politics

mayor

Werner Moll (Free Voting Association Lechbruck am See) has been mayor since May 1, 2020. He was elected with 67.82% of the vote in the first round of two competitors. His predecessor from May 2008 to April 2020 was Helmut Angl (Free Voting Association), who no longer ran for another term.

Municipal council

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

CSU : 6 seats (40.0%)
Free voter community Lechbruck : 8 seats (60.0%).

The turnout was 66.55%.

coat of arms

Description : In silver, a continuous red stone bridge over blue waves, with a black raft oar and a black raft hook hovering over it.

Partnerships

On June 28, 2012 the city council of Düren decided to conclude a partnership agreement between the districts of Lendersdorf and Lechbruck am See. There is also a partnership with the Brandenburg city of Wildau .

Auerbergland

Lechbruck is a member municipality of the inter-municipal alliance " Auerbergland ", which crosses the borders of the administrative districts of Swabia and Upper Bavaria .

Architectural monuments

Catholic Parish Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

In 2017 there were 859 jobs subject to social security contributions in the municipality. Of the resident population, 1001 people were in an employment relationship subject to compulsory insurance. This means that the number of out-commuters was 142 more than that of in-commuters. 50 residents were unemployed. In 2016 there were 26 farms.

tourism

Tourism is becoming increasingly important. The beautiful scenic location on the Lech and the adjoining Lechsee Urspring (district of Steingaden ) with an unobstructed view of the Alpine panorama have encouraged private investors to invest in Lechbruck am See u. a. To build the car-free holiday village “Hochbergle” (1981), a large caravan and camping site and the 18-hole golf course “Golfclub Auf der Gsteig” with great prospects. There are also a few inns and numerous private pensions. Activities are possible both in winter (alpine and cross-country skiing, ice skating) and in summer (water sports, rafting, river rafting, horse riding, hiking, cycling, etc.).