List of municipalities in the Ostallgäu district

Map of the district of Ostallgäu

The list of municipalities in the Ostallgäu district gives an overview of the 45 smallest administrative units in the district . Three of the communities are small towns , Buchloe , Füssen and the district town of Marktoberdorf . Seven parishes are markets .

In its current form, the Ostallgäu district was created in the course of the Bavarian territorial reform carried out in 1972 . The district was formed from the districts of Füssen , Marktoberdorf and most of the district of Kaufbeuren . The current church structure was completed in 1979. In the case of the municipalities, it is noted to which district the main town of the municipality belonged before the regional reform. The year in which they joined the municipality is noted for the suburbs of the municipalities. 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.

description

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

• VG Biessenhofen : with the communities of Biessenhofen , Aitrang , Bidingen and Ruderatshofen ;
• VG Buchloe : with the city of Buchloe , the municipalities of Jengen and Lamerdingen and the market in Waal ;
• VG Eggenthal : with the communities of Eggenthal , Baisweil and Friesenried ;
• VG Obergünzburg : with the market Obergünzburg and the communities of Günzach and Untrasried ;
• VG Pforzen : with the communities of Pforzen , the Irsee marketand Rieden ;
• VG Roßhaupten : with the communities of Roßhaupten and Rieden a.Forggensee ;
• VG Seeg : with the communities of Seeg , Eisenberg , Hopferau , Lengenwang , Rückholz and Wald ;
• VG Stötten am Auerberg : with the communities of Stötten a.Auerberg and Rettenbach a.Auerberg ;
• VG Unterthingau : with the Unterthingau marketand the communities of Görisried and Kraftisried ;
• VG Westendorf : with the communities Westendorf , the market Kaltental , Oberostendorf , Osterzell and Stöttwang ;

The cities of Füssen and Marktoberdorf , like the markets of Nesselwang and Ronsberg and the communities of Germaringen , halch , Lechbruck am See , Mauerstetten , Pfronten and Schwangau, are not members of an administrative association.

The district has a total area of ​​1,395.09 km ² . The largest area within the district is the half-lch community with 125.5 km ² . This is followed by the town of Marktoberdorf with 95.25 km ² and the municipality of Schwangau with 76.06 km ² . Each municipality has an area larger than 60 or 50 km ² . Four municipalities are larger than 40 km ² , including the city of Füssen , and seven municipalities have an area of ​​over 30 km ² , including the city of Buchloe . Thirteen municipalities are over 20 km ² , 15 over and one under 10 km ² . The smallest areas have the municipalities of Westendorf with 11.93 km ² , Osterzell with 10.82 km ² and Rieden bei Kaufbeuren with 8.41 km ² .

The district town of Marktoberdorf with 18,725 inhabitants has the largest proportion of the district's population of 141,182 inhabitants, followed by the cities of Füssen with 15,508 inhabitants and Buchloe with 13,273 inhabitants. The municipality of Pfronten has over 7,000 inhabitants, the market in Obergünzburg over 6,000 and the municipality of Biessenhofen over 4,000. Five municipalities have over 3,000 inhabitants, seven over 2,000 and 23 over 1,000. The remaining four communities have less than 1,000 inhabitants, i.e. the communities Rückholz with 878 inhabitants, Rettenbach a.Auerberg with 886 inhabitants, Kraftisried with 846 and Osterzell with 714 inhabitants.

The entire Ostallgäu district has a population density of 101 inhabitants per km ² . The cities of Buchloe with 367 inhabitants per km ² , Füssen with 356 and Marktoberdorf with 197 have the greatest population density within the district. Nine municipalities have a population density of over 100, the remaining 33 of less than 100. Of these 33 municipalities, 32 have a population density lower than the district average of 101. The most sparsely populated communities are Kraftisried with 52, Stötten a.Auerberg with 46, Schwangau with 44 and halch , the largest community in terms of area, with 28 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 Ostallgäu					1,395.09	141.182	101
Aitrang (belonged to the Marktoberdorf district before the regional reform)	Aitrang Huttenwang (1978)	VG Biessenhofen			30.71	2,035	66	745
Baisweil (belonged to the Kaufbeuren district before the regional reform)	Baisweil Lauchdorf (1976)	VG Eggenthal			26.28	1,300	49	677
Bidingen (belonged to the district of Marktoberdorf before the regional reform)	Bidingen Bernbach (1978)	VG Biessenhofen			36.33	1,786	49	768
Biessenhofen (belonged to the district of Marktoberdorf before the regional reform)	Biessenhofen (the municipality was called Altdorf until the regional reform) Ebenhofen (1971)	VG Biessenhofen			27.02	4.117	152	700
Buchloe (town) (belonged to the Kaufbeuren district before the regional reform)	Buchloe Honsolgen (1972) Lindenberg (1971)	VG Buchloe			36.16	13,273	367	615
Eggenthal (belonged to the Kaufbeuren district before the regional reform)	Eggenthal Bayersried (1978; belonged to the Marktoberdorf district before the regional reform)	VG Eggenthal			28.1	1,357	48	714
Eisenberg (belonged to the district of Füssen before the regional reform)	Eisenberg	VG Seeg			13.63	1,180	87	818
Friesenried (belonged to the district of Marktoberdorf before the regional reform)	Friesenried Blöcktach (1978)	VG Eggenthal			22.24	1,580	71	736
Füssen (city) (belonged to the district of Füssen before the regional reform)	Füssen Eschach Hopfen am See (1978) Weißensee (1978)				43.52	15,508	356	808
Germaringen (belonged to the Kaufbeuren district before the regional reform)	Obergermaringen Untergermaringen Ketterschwang (merger 1978)				22.88	3,872	169	655
Görisried (belonged to the district of Marktoberdorf before the regional reform)	Gorisried	VG Unterthingau			23.14	1,316	57	803
Günzach (belonged to the Marktoberdorf district before the regional reform)	Günzach (was called Immenthal until 1977)	VG Obergünzburg			23.48	1,446	62	787
Halch (belonged to the district of Füssen before the regional reform)	Buching Trauchgau (merger 1976)				125.5	3,520	28	815
Hopferau (belonged to the district of Füssen before the regional reform)	Hopferau	VG Seeg			13.19	1,205	91	814
Irsee (market) (belonged to the Kaufbeuren district before the regional reform)	Irsee	VG Pforzen			17.47	1,532	88	724
Jengen (belonged to the Kaufbeuren district before the regional reform)	Jengen Beckstetten (1978) Eurishofen (1978) Ummenhofen (1978) Weicht (1978) Weinhausen (1972)	VG Buchloe			33.75	2,491	74	636
Kaltental (market) (belonged to the Kaufbeuren district before the regional reform)	Aufkirch Blonhofen Frankenhofen (merger 1972)	VG Westendorf			22.14	1,694	77	710
Kraftisried (belonged to the Marktoberdorf district before the regional reform)	Kraftisried	VG Unterthingau			16.22	846	52	822
Lamerdingen (belonged to the Kaufbeuren district before the regional reform)	Lamerdingen Dillishausen Großkitzighofen Kleinkitzighofen	VG Buchloe			34.24	2,035	59	596
Lechbruck a.See (belonged to the district of Füssen before the regional reform)	Lechbruck a.See				17.25	2,718	158	737
Lengenwang (belonged to the Marktoberdorf district before the regional reform)	Lengenwang	VG Seeg			19.62	1,490	76	806
Marktoberdorf (district town) (belonged to the district of Marktoberdorf before the regional reform)	Marktoberdorf Bertoldshofen (1972) Geisenried (1972) Leuterschach (1978) Rieder (1972) Sulzschneid (1972) Thalhofen adWertach (1972)				95.25	18,725	197	758
Mauerstetten (belonged to the Kaufbeuren district before the regional reform)	Mauerstetten Frankenried (1978)				16.55	3,173	192	716
Nesselwang (market) (belonged to the district of Füssen before the regional reform)	Nesselwang				29.53	3,753	127	867
Obergünzburg (Markt) (belonged to the district of Marktoberdorf before the regional reform)	Obergünzburg Castle (1972) Ebersbach (1972) Willofs (1972)	VG Obergünzburg			46.69	6,357	136	737
Oberostendorf (belonged to the Kaufbeuren district before the regional reform)	Oberostendorf Gutenberg (1978) Lengenfeld (1978) Unterostendorf (1972)	VG Westendorf			21.04	1,479	70	674
Osterzell (belonged to the Kaufbeuren district before the regional reform)	Osterzell	VG Westendorf			10.82	714	66	729
Pforzen (belonged to the Kaufbeuren district before the regional reform)	Pforzen Ingenried (1971)	VG Pforzen			23.69	2,321	98	656
Pfronten (belonged to the district of Füssen before the regional reform)	Pfronten Pfronten-Berg Pfronten-Steinach				62.22	8,348	134	853
Rettenbach a.Auerberg (belonged to the district of Marktoberdorf before the regional reform)	Rettenbach a.Auerberg (was part of the municipality of Stötten a.Auerberg from 1978 to 1993)	VG Stötten a.Auerberg (exists since 1994)			12.92	886	69	832
Rieden near Kaufbeuren (belonged to the district of Kaufbeuren before the regional reform)	Rieden near Kaufbeuren	VG Pforzen			8.41	1,302	155	659
Rieden a.Forggensee (belonged to the district of Füssen before the regional reform)	Vineyards a.Forggensee	VG Roßhaupten			13.17	1,324	101	814
Ronsberg (Markt) (belonged to the Marktoberdorf district before the regional reform)	Ronsberg				16.53	1,734	105	700
Roßhaupten (belonged to the district of Füssen before the regional reform)	Horseheads	VG Roßhaupten			39.1	2.234	57	815
Rückholz (belonged to the district of Füssen before the regional reform)	Backwood	VG Seeg			17.21	878	51	879
Ruderatshofen (belonged to the district of Marktoberdorf before the regional reform)	Ruderatshofen Apfeltrang (1978; belonged to the Kaufbeuren district before the regional reform)	VG Biessenhofen			33.52	1,763	53	727
Schwangau (belonged to the district of Füssen before the regional reform)	Schwangau				76.06	3,331	44	796
Seeg (belonged to the district of Füssen before the regional reform)	Seeg Enzenstetten	VG Seeg			50.06	2,997	60	854
Stötten a.Auerberg (belonged to the district of Marktoberdorf before the regional reform)	Stötten a.Auerberg Remnatsried Steinbach Rettenbach a.Auerberg (1978 to 1993)	VG Stötten a.Auerberg (exists since 1994)			40.75	1,890	46	733
Stöttwang (belonged to the Kaufbeuren district before the regional reform)	Stöttwang Linden (1971) Reichenbach (1971) Thalhofen adGennach (1971)	VG Westendorf			19.79	1,873	95	720
Unterthingau (Markt) (belonged to the Marktoberdorf district before the regional reform)	Unterthingau Oberthingau (1978) Reinhardsried (1978)	VG Unterthingau			45.23	2,891	64	773
Untrasried (belonged to the district of Marktoberdorf before the regional reform)	Untrasried Hopferbach (1974)	VG Obergünzburg			25.75	1,584	62	819
Waal (market) (belonged to the Kaufbeuren district before the regional reform)	Waal Bronnen (1972) Emmenhausen (1971) Waalhaupten (1978)	VG Buchloe			27.94	2,342	84	636
Forest (belonged to the district of Marktoberdorf before the regional reform)	Forest	VG Seeg			17.97	1,156	64	800
Westendorf (belonged to the Kaufbeuren district before the regional reform)	Westendorf Dösingen (1978)	VG Westendorf			11.93	1,826	153	688

See also

• List of places in the Ostallgäu district

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. ↑ "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. ↑ BayernViewer of the Bavarian Surveying Administration (accessed on November 5, 2010)