Reichenhofen

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Reichenhofen
Former municipal coat of arms of Reichenhofen
Coordinates: 47 ° 50 ′ 44 ″  N , 9 ° 58 ′ 7 ″  E
Height : 644 m above sea level NN
Area : 19.99 km²
Residents : 2014  (December 31, 2011)
Population density : 101 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : June 1, 1972
Postal code : 88299
Area code : 07561

Reichenhofen is a district of the large district town of Leutkirch in the Allgäu in the Ravensburg district .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1127 in a deed of donation from the city of Bregenz . The most important districts of Reichenhofen are:

Ownership of the monasteries Rot an der Rot , Isny ​​im Allgäu and Kempten (Allgäu), and later also the Waldsee hospital can be proven. Reichenhofen was essentially part of the Grafschaft Zeil . In 1806 the community came to the Kingdom of Württemberg in the mayor's office Zeil-Zeil and from 1820 was a community in the princely office of Waldburg-Zeil.

The municipality's coat of arms contains the stone judge's seat of a regional court, an indication that the district of Haid, the former court of the "free farmers of the Leutkircher Heide", is located in the district of Reichenhofen.

The branch church of Reichenhofen is under the patronage of St. Laurentius . The ecclesiastical community is part of the Allgäu-Oberschwaben deanery in the Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese . Reichenhofen is on the Wurzacher Ach .

On June 1, 1972, Reichenhofen was incorporated into the city of Leutkirch.

More living spaces

Niederhofen and Milan (2006)

Auenhofen, Bernhard, Boschen, Brunnentobel, Greishof, Haid, Haider Einöden, Haldenhaus, Herbrazhofen, Hinterberg, Hinterstriemen, Milan, Rostall, St. Wolfgang, Sebastianssaul, Vorderberg and Vorderstriemen.

Sons and daughters of the place

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. 536 .

literature

  • Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg (Ed.): The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume 7: Tübingen administrative region. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-004807-4 .

Web links

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