Rentershofen

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Rentershofen
Coordinates: 47 ° 36 ′ 55 "  N , 9 ° 57 ′ 38"  E
Height : 665 m
Residents : 107  (May 25 1987)
Postal code : 88167
Area code : 08384
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Rentershofen ( Westallgäuerisch Renterschhof e ) is a village in the municipality of Röthenbach (Allgäu) in the district of Lindau and part of the Westallgäu region . The place is about one kilometer southwest of the main town Röthenbach. The Rentershofen leisure center with an outdoor pool, soccer field and multi-purpose hall is located in the village . To the west of Rentershofen is the Rentershofen railway embankment .

Place name

The name Rentershofen refers to the first settlers with the name Renther or Ranther back, which means fighter with the shield .

Architectural monuments

Individual evidence

  1. Official directory for Bavaria - territorial status: May 25, 1987 Munich 1991, p. 407.
  2. R. Schwanzer: Considerations on the settlement of the Western Allgäu . In: Westallgäuer Heimatblätter. May / June 1938.