Stöttwang

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Swabia
County :	Ostallgäu
Management Community :	Westendorf
Height :	726 m above sea level NHN
Area :	19.79 km 2
Residents:	1873 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	95 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	87677
Area code :	08345
License plate :	OAL, FÜS, MOD
Community key :	09 7 77 172
Community structure:	5 parts of the community
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Kirchplatz 2 ; 87677 Stöttwang
Website :	www.stoettwang.de
Mayor :	Christian Schlegel ( Free Voters' Association )
Location of the municipality of Stöttwang in the Ostallgäu district

Stöttwang from the southwest

Stöttwang is a municipality in the Swabian district of Ostallgäu seven kilometers east of Kaufbeuren and a member of the Westendorf administrative community .

geography

The community is located on the western slope of the Osterzeller Ridge of the Iller-Lech gravel plates at an altitude between 696 (Gennach) and 806 m above sea level (Spitalwald). The municipality has five officially named municipal parts (the type of settlement is given in brackets ):

Gennachhausen, Linden and Thalhofen are on the Gennach River .

The rococo church of St. Gordian and St. Epimachus in the municipality of Stöttwang is characteristic of the village .

history

Until the church is planted

Stöttwang belonged to the Free Imperial City of Kaufbeuren. Since the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803 the place belongs to Bavaria . In the course of the administrative reforms in the Kingdom of Bavaria , today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

Incorporations

On April 1, 1971, in the course of the regional reform, the former municipalities of Linden, Thalhofen an der Gennach and Reichenbach were voluntarily merged to form the new municipality of Stöttwang. In 1978 this was assigned to the administrative community Westendorf .

Population development

The following figures refer to the territorial status on May 25, 1987.

Population development
year	1840	1900	1939	1950	1961	1970	1987	1991	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015
Residents	625	805	789	1203	967	995	1350	1422	1604	1791	1867	1817	1782

Stöttwang grew by 460 inhabitants or approx. 34% from 1988 to 2008, one of the top values in the Ostallgäu district. Between 1988 and 2018, the municipality grew from 1339 to 1835 by 496 inhabitants or 37%.

politics

mayor

Christian Schlegel (Free Voters' Association) has been the mayor since May 2014.

coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: Divided; above in red a six-pointed golden star, below in blue a growing golden abbot; a palm branch and an overturned silver sword crossed diagonally on the dividing line.

Architectural monuments

Catholic Parish Church of St. Gordian and St. Epimachus
Rectory

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

According to official statistics, there were seven employees in the field of agriculture and forestry, 121 in the manufacturing sector and ten in the trade and transport sector at the place of work. In other economic areas, 30 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 536 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There was one company in the manufacturing sector and four companies in the main construction sector. In addition, in 1999 there were 50 farms with an agricultural area of 1197 ha, of which 1143 ha were permanent green space.

education

The following institutions exist (as of: 1999):

Kindergartens: 75 places in kindergarten with 75 children
Elementary schools: Elementary School Stöttwang-Westendorf Elementary School and Part-Secondary School I

Water supply

Stöttwang is supplied by the water supply association for the Gennach-Hühnerbach group, to which seven other neighboring communities belong. The Hochreute water supply system is located in the western part of the municipality with 3 wells from which approx. 1.4 million m³ of groundwater may be extracted per year (water law permit from January 10, 2005, limited to December 31, 2034). A water protection area has existed since the mid-1970s, which was adjusted to the state of the art in 2011 and the demand forecast up to 2040.