Market forest
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Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ' N , 10 ° 35' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Bavaria | |
Administrative region : | Swabia | |
County : | Unterallgäu | |
Height : | 635 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 30.81 km 2 | |
Residents: | 2189 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 71 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 86865 | |
Area code : | 08262 | |
License plate : | MN | |
Community key : | 09 7 78 169 | |
Market structure: | 7 parts of the community | |
Market administration address : |
Hauptstrasse 61 86865 Markt Wald |
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Mayor : | Peter Wachler ( CSU ) | |
Location of the Markt Wald market in the Unterallgäu district | ||
Markt Wald is a market in the Swabian district of Unterallgäu .
geography
Markt Wald is located about 45 kilometers east of Memmingen in the Donau-Iller region in Central Swabia .
Expansion of the municipal area
The municipality consists of the districts of Markt Wald, Anhofen, Immelstetten and Oberneufnach.
Parish parts
The municipality has 7 officially named municipal parts (the type of settlement is given in brackets ):
- Anhofen ( village )
- Bürgle ( hamlet )
- Immelstetten ( parish village )
- Market forest (main town)
- Oberneufnach (village)
- Schnerzhofen ( Kirchdorf )
- Steinekirch (Kirchdorf)
Waters in the community area
The main body of water is the Zusam , which flows from south to north . This flows into the Danube at Donauwörth . The Neufnach is also a small river that flows into the Schmutter near Fischach . There are also smaller streams and ditches in the municipality. The confluence (from south to north): the Mittelzusam, the Segelbach, the Kirchbach, the Hungerbach (confluence with the Zusam in Immelstetten) and the Zenkenbach (confluence with the Zusam in Immelstetten). Further tributaries to the Zusam and Neufnach are available. The Schweinbach also runs in a south-north direction and also flows directly into the Schmutter near Münster.
The largest lake is the Schnerzhofer Weiher. There is also the Bürgler bathing lake, the Zaisertshofer Loch (as the headwaters of a brook to the Zusam) and other ponds and ponds.
history
Until the 19th century
Markt Wald was ruled as "Irmatshofen auf dem Wald" since 1660. Together with the district "Soler", Irmatshofen today forms the market town "Markt Wald". This name is already used in the early 18th century. Since 1660, Markt Wald has belonged to Prince Fugger-Babenhausen. With the Rhine Confederation Act 1806, the place came to the Kingdom of Bavaria . The Fugger princes had important reservation rights until 1848.
Name change
On November 28, 1901, the municipality name was officially changed from forest to market forest .
Incorporations
Since the territorial reform that came into effect on May 1, 1978, the municipality also includes the formerly independent municipalities of Anhofen, Immelstetten and Oberneufnach.
Population development
year | 1961 | 1970 | 1987 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 |
Residents | 1965 | 1986 | 2023 | 2175 | 2274 | 2319 | 2278 | 2206 |
Between 1988 and 2018, the municipality grew from 2,033 to 2,184 by 151 inhabitants or 7.4%.
politics
Municipal council
Since the last local election on March 15, 2020 with a turnout of 74.74%, the local council has been composed as follows:
Party / list | Share of votes | Seats |
CSU / non-party citizens | 46.4% | 7th |
Free Voters eV | 31.9% | 4th |
Green and natural citizen community | 12.9% | 2 |
Young voters union | 8.8% | 1 |
mayor
Acting mayor is Peter Wachler (CSU). In the last local election on March 15, 2020, he successfully prevailed against a competitor with 81.88% of the vote.
- Hartmann Helmut 1978–1980
- Master builder Erwin 1980–1996
- Hartmann Helmut 1996-2002
- Wörle Walter 2002–2014
- Wachler Peter 2014 – today
coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved on August 23, 1951 by decision of the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior.
Blazon : “Split by blue and gold; in front a rooted golden fir tree , behind a blue heraldic lily . "
The fir tree is supposed to symbolize the current community name and earlier place name "Irmatshofen auf dem Wald", which was in use until around 1600, as a "talking" coat of arms symbol. The lily and the colors blue and gold stand for the Fugger-Babenhausen house, which Irmatshofen acquired in 1549 as part of his dominion.
The coat of arms was designed by the Munich heraldist Emil Werz .
flag
The flag was approved by the government of Swabia on August 23, 1988.
The flag is yellow and blue striped with the municipal coat of arms.
Attractions
- Fugger Castle
- Christoph Scheiner Tower
- St. Antonius of Padua (Schnerzhofen)
- Parish Church of the Assumption
- Source of cohesion
- Schnerzhofer Weiher
Economy and Infrastructure
economy
In 2016, there were twelve in agriculture and forestry, 156 in manufacturing, and no employees subject to social security contributions in the trade and transport sector. In other economic sectors, eight people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 922 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There were none in the manufacturing sector and five in the construction sector. In 2010 there were also 49 farms with an agricultural area totaling 1422 ha.
traffic
Markt Wald is located on the Staudenbahn , which connected Gessertshausen with Türkheim . Today the excursion trains from Augsburg Hbf on weekends as well as goods traffic end in Markt Wald. Passenger traffic on the further section (7.1 km) to Ettringen was stopped in 1982. A reactivation advocated by the neighboring communities has been discussed for a long time.
education
In 2017 there were the following institutions:
- A kindergarten with 74 approved places and 57 supervised children
- An elementary school with five teachers and 68 students
telecommunications
1991 built, 115 meter high telecommunications tower of the Deutsche Telekom AG type FMT 15 at 48 ° 7 ′ 43 ″ N, 10 ° 34 ′ 22 ″ E
Personalities
- Christoph Scheiner (1573 / 75–1650), Jesuit, astronomer and mathematician
- Paula Banholzer (1901–1989), friend of Bertolt Brecht and mother of Frank Banholzer
Web links
- Entry for the coat of arms of Markt Wald in the database of the House of Bavarian History
- Forest market: Official statistics of the LfStat (PDF file; 1 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "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 ).
- ^ Community Markt Wald in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bavarian State Library, accessed on August 15, 2019.
- ↑ According to tel. Information from local historian Michael Endler
- ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 524 .
- ↑ a b c Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 782 .
- ↑ Second votes, according to the source www.wahlen.bayern.de, accessed on March 4, 2018
- ^ Bavarian State Office for Statistics
- ^ Eckart Roloff : Christoph Scheiner. Galileo's opponent under the spell of the sun and its impossible spots. In: Eckart Roloff: Divine flashes of inspiration. Pastors and priests as inventors and discoverers. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2010, pages 79-92. ISBN 978-3-527-32578-8 (including references to the memorials to Scheiner in Markt Wald and elsewhere, to relevant museums, designations in honor of Scheiner's streets, schools, etc.).