Moss (Kempten)

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moss
Coordinates: 47 ° 43 ′ 21 ″  N , 10 ° 21 ′ 24 ″  E
Height : 730 m above sea level NN
Residents : 10  (May 25 1987)
Postal code : 87437
Area code : 0831
Moos (Kempten (Allgäu))
moss

Location of Moos in Kempten (Allgäu)
Moss from the northeast

Moos is a hamlet in the independent city of Kempten (Allgäu) . The place name is based on a peat deposit that was mined between 1854 and 1875 . Moos is located west of the federal motorway 7 .

One of the first mentions of the place took place in 1451. From 1453 moss is known as the property of a weaver. A weaving justice in Moos has been handed down from around 1738.

In 1819, one year after the formation of the rural community Sankt Mang , Moos consisted of 3 properties with 14 inhabitants, it belonged to the main Lenzfried team . In 1900 a total of 12 people lived in 2 properties.

literature

  • Heinrich Uhlig: Sankt Mang. History of an Allgäu community. Verlag des Heimatpflegers von Schwaben, Kempten (Allgäu) 1955, p. 437.