List of municipalities in the Oberallgäu district

Map of the Oberallgäu district

The list of municipalities in the Oberallgäu district gives an overview of the 28 smallest administrative units in the district . Two of the parishes are cities . The district town of Sonthofen is a medium- sized town , Immenstadt im Allgäu is a small town .

In its current form, the district was created in the course of the Bavarian territorial reform carried out in 1972 . The district was formed from almost all communities in the districts of Kempten (Allgäu) and Sonthofen ; only the communities Sankt Mang and Sankt Lorenz from the district of Kempten, which were incorporated into the independent city of Kempten , and the community of Stiefenhofen from the district of Sonthofen, which today belongs to the district of Lindau (Lake Constance) , differ from this. The current church structure was completed in 1979.

description

The district can be further subdivided into two administrative communities (VG):

• VG Hörnergruppe : with the communities of Fischen im Allgäu , Balderschwang , Bolsterlang , Obermaiselstein and Ofterschwang ;
• VG Weitnau : with the Weitnau marketand the Missen-Wilhams community ;

The cities of Immenstadt im Allgäu and Sonthofen are like the markets Altusried , Bad Hindelang , Buchenberg , Dietmannsried , Oberstaufen , Oberstdorf , Sulzberg , Wertach and Wiggensbach and the communities of Betzigau , Blaichach , Burgberg im Allgäu , Durach , Haldenwang , Lauben , Oy-Mittelberg , Rettenberg , Waltenhofen and Wildpoldsried are not members of an administrative community.

The district has a total area of ​​1,527.97 km ² . The largest area within the district has the Oberstdorf markets with 229.74 km ² , Bad Hindelang with 159.41 km ² and Oberstaufen with 125.84 km ² . The Altusried market has over 90 km ² , the city of Immenstadt im Allgäu over 80 km ² . Three municipalities cover an area of ​​over 60 km ² , four over 50 km ² and four over 40 km ² , including the city of Sonthofen . Two municipalities have over 30 km ² , six over 20 km ² , three over and one municipality under 10 km ² . The smallest areas have the municipalities Burgberg im Allgäu with 15.99 km ² , Fischen im Allgäu with 13.6 km ² and Lauben with 8.41 km ² . The community-free area of Kempter Wald has a size of 12.03 km ² .

The district town of Sonthofen with 21,619 inhabitants, the city of Immenstadt im Allgäu with 14,314 inhabitants, followed by the markets of Oberstdorf with 9696 inhabitants and Altusried with 10,149 inhabitants have the largest share of the population of the district of 156,008 inhabitants. A municipality has over 8,000 inhabitants, two over 7,000, one over 6,000, two over 5,000, five over 4,000 and 3,000, four over 2,000, two over and two under 1,000. The three smallest municipalities in terms of population are Bolsterlang with 1135 inhabitants, Obermaiselstein with 1010 and Balderschwang with 366 inhabitants.

The entire Oberallgäu district has a population density of 102 inhabitants per km ² . The largest population density within the district has the district town Sonthofen with 464 inhabitants per km ² , followed by the communities Lauben with 409, Durach with 349 and Fischen im Allgäu with 235. Eleven communities have a population density of over 100, including the town of Immenstadt in the Allgäu . The remaining thirteen communities have a lower population density than the district average of 102. The most sparsely populated communities are Obermaiselstein with 40, Bad Hindelang with 32 and Balderschwang with 9 inhabitants per km ² .

Legend

• Municipality : Name of the municipality or city and information about the district to which the eponymous place of the municipality belonged before the regional reform
• Subsites : Enumerated are the formerly independent municipalities of the administrative unit. 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 Oberallgäu					1,527.97	156.008	102
Markt Altusried (belonged to the Kempten district before the regional reform)	Altusried Frauenzell (1972) Kimratshofen (1972) Krugzell (1972) Muthmannshofen (1972)				91.68	10.149	111	722
Markt Bad Hindelang (belonged to the district of Sonthofen before the regional reform)	Bad Hindelang Unterjoch				159.41	5,176	32	820
Balderschwang (belonged to the Sonthofen district before the regional reform)	Balderschwang	VG horn group			41.56	366	9	1,044
Betzigau (belonged to the Kempten district before the regional reform)	Betzigau				29.27	2,939	100	728
Blaichach (belonged to the district of Sonthofen before the regional reform)	Blaichach Gunzesried				50.19	5,818	116	733
Bolsterlang (belonged to the district of Sonthofen before the regional reform)	Bolsterlang	VG horn group			20.33	1,135	56	892
Markt Buchenberg (belonged to the district of Kempten before the regional reform)	Buchenberg Kreuzthal (1971)				58.11	4.157	72	895
Burgberg im Allgäu (belonged to the Sonthofen district before the regional reform)	Burgberg in the Allgäu				15.99	3,301	206	752
Markt Dietmannsried (belonged to the Kempten district before the regional reform)	Dietmannsried Probstried Reicholzried Schrattenbach Überbach				53.67	8,260	154	682
Durach (belonged to the Kempten district before the regional reform)	Durach				20.74	7,244	349	714
Fischen im Allgäu (belonged to the district of Sonthofen before the regional reform)	Fishing in the Allgäu	VG horn group			13.6	3,194	235	761
Haldenwang (belonged to the Kempten district before the regional reform)	Haldenwang				26.69	3.814	143	757
City of Immenstadt im Allgäu (belonged to the district of Sonthofen before the regional reform)	Immenstadt im Allgäu Akams (1972) Bühl a.Alpsee (1972) Diepolz (1972) Eckarts (1972) Rauhenzell (1972) Stein i.Allgäu (1972)				81.41	14,314	176	728
Lauben (belonged to the Kempten district before the regional reform)	Arbors				8.41	3,439	409	660
Missen-Wilhams (belonged to the Sonthofen district before the regional reform)	Miss Wilhams	VG Weitnau			34.96	1,442	41	860
Obermaiselstein (belonged to the Sonthofen district before the regional reform)	Obermaiselstein	VG horn group			25.02	1.010	40	859
Markt Oberstaufen (belonged to the district of Sonthofen before the regional reform)	Oberstaufen Aach i.Allgäu (1972) Thalkirchdorf (1972)				125.84	7,822	62	791
Markt Oberstdorf (belonged to the district of Sonthofen before the regional reform)	Oberstdorf Schöllang (1972) Tiefenbach near Oberstdorf (1972)				229.74	9,696	42	813
Ofterschwang (belonged to the Sonthofen district before the regional reform)	Often swing	VG horn group			19.54	2,068	106	864
Oy-Mittelberg (belonged to the Kempten district before the regional reform)	Mittelberg Petersthal (1976)				60.24	4,706	78	929
Rettenberg (belonged to the district of Sonthofen before the regional reform)	Rettenberg Untermaiselstein (1978) Vorderburg (1978)				60.08	4,458	74	805
District town Sonthofen (belonged to the district of Sonthofen before the regional reform)	Sonthofen old towns (1976)				46.62	21,619	464	743
Markt Sulzberg (belonged to the district of Kempten before the regional reform)	Sulzberg Moosbach (1978) Ottacker (1972; belonged to the district of Sonthofen before the regional reform)				41.0	4,949	121	712
Waltenhofen (belonged to the Kempten district before the regional reform)	Waltenhofen Martinszell i.Allgäu Memhölz Niedersonthofen (belonged to the district of Sonthofen before the regional reform)				59.82	9,482	159	721
Markt Weitnau (belonged to the district of Kempten before the regional reform)	Weitnau Rechtis-Hellengerst (1963) Wengen (1972)	VG Weitnau			65.22	5,328	82	797
Markt Wertach (belonged to the district of Sonthofen before the regional reform)	Wertach				45.63	2,516	55	915
Markt Wiggensbach (belonged to the Kempten district before the regional reform)	Wiggensbach				31.83	5,039	158	857
Wildpoldsried (belonged to the Kempten district before the regional reform)	Wildpoldsried				21.35	2,567	120	724
Unregulated area	Kempter Forest				12.03

See also

• List of places in the Oberallgäu district

Individual evidence

1. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Districts of Kempten 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 June 13, 2010)