Mariaberg (Kempten)

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Mariaberg
Coordinates: 47 ° 43 ′ 17 ″  N , 10 ° 16 ′ 31 ″  E
Height : 844 m above sea level NN
Residents : 45  (May 25 1987)
Postal code : 87439
Area code : 0831
Mariaberg (Kempten (Allgäu))
Mariaberg

Location of Mariaberg in Kempten (Allgäu)

Maria Berg is the name of a mountain and found there the village on the district St. Lorenz of the city Kempten (Allgäu) . The place is in the eastern area of ​​the mountain range of the same name . The highest point of the ridge is called Höhenegg , which is 915  m above sea level. NN is also the highest point in the city of Kempten.

The Chapel of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary was built in 1783 by order of the Prince Abbot Honorius Roth von Schreckenstein from Kempten . Until 1768 there was a chapel owned by Balthasar Weegmann from Guggers on the Kniebos . The chapel is used regularly for church services by the Catholic parish of St. Lorenz .

In the Tyrolean struggle for freedom in 1809, the Vorarlberg troops allied with the Tyroleans crossed the Mariaberg to Kempten several times.

The smallest people's association in the Allgäu was founded in Mariaberg in 1848. Like most of the Allgäu people's associations, he joined the Kempten people's association in April 1849.

  • Country inn Mariaberg

  • Beer garden with a chapel in the background

  • Warrior Memorial on the Mariaberg of Andor Ákos

  • The Mulzer pine 200 meters west and 39 meters above the village at an altitude of 883 meters

  • Eistobel on the Mariaberg

  • View of Kempten

  • Distant view of the Mariaberg

Web links

Commons : Mariaberg (Kempten)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Land use plan of the city of Kempten (Allgäu) with integrated landscape plan, Kempten 2009, p. 26
  2. ↑ Plaque embedded in the outer wall of the chapel
  3. ↑ Weitnauer Alfred: Allgäuer Chronik. Allgäuer Zeitungsverlag, Kempten 1984, Volume 3, Page 242, ISBN 3880060959
  4. ↑ Weitnauer Alfred: Allgäuer Chronik. Allgäuer Zeitungsverlag, Kempten 1984, Volume 3, Page 327, ISBN 3880060959