List of municipalities in the district of Lindau (Lake Constance)

Overview of the district of Lindau (Lake Constance)

The list of municipalities in the district of Lindau (Lake Constance) gives an overview of the 19 smallest administrative units in the district . Two of the municipalities, the large district town of Lindau (Lake Constance) and Lindenberg im Allgäu, are cities - Lindau is a medium-sized town , Lindenberg im Allgäu is a small town . Three parishes are markets . In its current form, the district was formed in the course of the Bavarian territorial reform in 1972 from the district of Lindau (Lake Constance) , the independent city of Lindau and the municipality of Stiefenhofen , which belonged to the district of Sonthofen before the regional reform . The current church structure was completed in 1979. The year in which they joined the municipality is noted for the suburbs of the municipalities.

description

The district can be further divided into three administrative communities (VG):

• VG Argental with the communities Gestratz , Grünenbach , Maierhöfen and Röthenbach (Allgäu) ;
• VG Sigmarszell with the communities Hergensweiler , Sigmarszell and Weißensberg ;
• VG Stiefenhofen with the municipalities of Oberreute and Stiefenhofen ;

The cities of Lindau and Lindenberg im Allgäu , the Heimenkirch market , Scheidegg and Weiler-Simmerberg and the communities of Bodolz , Hergatz , Nonnenhorn , Opfenbach and Wasserburg (Lake Constance) are not members of an administrative community.

The district has a total area of ​​323.37 km ² . The city of Lindau has the largest area within the district with 33.18 km ² . This is followed by the Weiler-Simmerberg markets with 31.3 km ² and the municipality of Stiefenhofen with 28.96 km ² . Three other municipalities have an area larger than 20 km ² , nine are larger than 10 km ² and four municipalities are less than 10 km ² . The smallest areas are in the municipalities of Wasserburg (Bodensee) with 6.34 km ² , Bodolz with 3.03 km ² and Nonnenhorn with 1.96 km ² .

The district town of Lindau (Lake Constance) with 25,512 inhabitants has the largest proportion of the district's population of 81,981, followed by the town of Lindenberg in the Allgäu with 11,525 and the Weiler-Simmerberg market with 6325. A municipality has a population of over 4,000, three have over 3,000 and four have over 2,000 residents. The remaining eight communities have over 1,000 residents. The three smallest communities are Maierhöfen with 1611, Grünenbach with 1510 and Gestratz with 1283 inhabitants.

The entire district of Lindau (Lake Constance) has a population density of 254 inhabitants per km ² . The largest population density within the district has the second smallest municipality in terms of area - Bodolz - with 1,005 inhabitants per km ^2, followed by the city of Lindenberg im Allgäu with 973, the municipality of Nonnenhorn with 900 and the city of Lindau (Lake Constance) with 769. Each has a further municipality a population density of over 500 or 300 inhabitants per km ² . The remaining municipalities are below the district average of 254 inhabitants per km ² . One municipality has over 200 inhabitants per km ² , eight municipalities have over 100 inhabitants per km ² . The remaining four municipalities have a population density of less than 100 inhabitants per km ² . The least populated municipalities are Gestratz with 85, Stiefenhofen with 65 and Grünenbach with 60 inhabitants per km ² .

Legend

• Municipality : Name of the municipality or city (if nothing is noted, the administrative unit also belonged to the Lindau district (Bodensee) before the regional reform)
• Subsites : Enumerated are the formerly independent municipalities of the administrative unit. If known, the year of incorporation is also given. This is also noted for the suburbs that belonged to a different district than the main town of today's municipality before the regional reform
• VG : Indicates membership in one of the administrative communities
• Coat of arms : coat of arms of the municipality or city
• Map : Shows the location of the municipality or city in the district
• Area : Area of ​​the city or municipality, given in square kilometers
• Population  : number of people living in the municipality or city (as of December 31, 2019)
• Population density : The population density is given, calculated on the area of ​​the administrative unit, given in population per km ² (as of December 31, 2019)
• Altitude : Altitude of the eponymous town or town in meters above sea ​​level
• Image : Image from the respective municipality or city

Communities

local community	Sub-locations	VG	coat of arms	map	surface	Residents	EW density	height	image
District of Lindau (Lake Constance)					323.37	81,981	254
Bodolz	Bodolz				3.03	3,046	1.005	420
Gestratz	Gestratz	VG Argental			15.07	1,283	85	630
Grünenbach	Grünenbach Ebratshofen	VG Argental			25.12	1,510	60	718
Heimenkirch market	Heimenkirch				21.23	3,581	169	665
Hergatz	the community Hergatz was formed from the two former communities Maria-Thann and Wohmbrechts at the end of the 1970s				18.81	2,422	129	549
Hergensweiler	Hergensweiler	VG Sigmarszell			12.06	1,893	157	528
Large district town of Lindau (Lake Constance) (was an independent city before the regional reform)	Lindau (Bodensee) all incorporated places belonged to the district of Lindau (Bodensee) before the regional reform: Oberreitnau Unterreitnau the two places merged in 1971 to form the municipality of Reitnau and in 1976 became part of the city of Lindau (Bodensee)				33.18	25,512	769	400
City of Lindenberg in the Allgäu	Lindenberg in the Allgäu				11.85	11,525	973	762
Maierhöfen	Maierhöfen	VG Argental			17.5	1.611	92	741
Nun's horn	Nun's horn				1.96	1,764	900	405
Oberreute	Oberreute	VG Stiefenhofen			13.49	1,672	124	857
Opfenbach	Opfenbach				16.79	2,306	137	596
Röthenbach (Allgäu)	Röthenbach (Allgäu)	VG Argental			14.96	1,885	126	664
Scheidegg market	Scheidegg Scheffau (1972)				27.4	4,302	157	803
Sigmarszell	Sigmarszell Bösenreutin (1972) Niederstaufen (1972)	VG Sigmarszell			16.01	2,974	186	485
Stiefenhofen (belonged to the district of Sonthofen before the regional reform)	Stiefenhofen Harbatshofen (1972; belonged to the district of Lindau (Bodensee) before the regional reform)	VG Stiefenhofen			28.96	1,886	65	806
Wasserburg (Lake Constance)	Wasserburg (Bodensee) Hege				6.34	3,846	607	400
Weiler-Simmerberg market	Hamlet in the Allgäu Simmerberg Ellhofen				31.3	6.325	202	632
Weißensberg	Weißensberg	VG Sigmarszell			7.84	2,638	336	500

See also

• List of places in the district of Lindau (Bodensee)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Landkreise Lindau (Bodensee) and Sonthofen. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
2. ↑ "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 ).
3. ↑ "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 ).
4. ↑ BayernViewer from the Bavarian Surveying Administration (accessed on May 2, 2010)