Steingaden

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Steingaden
Steingaden
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Steingaden highlighted

Coordinates: 47 ° 42 '  N , 10 ° 52'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Upper Bavaria
County : Weilheim-Schongau
Management Community : Steingaden
Height : 763 m above sea level NHN
Area : 64.06 km 2
Residents: 2888 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 45 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 86989
Area code : 08862
License plate : WM, SOG
Community key : 09 1 90 154
Community structure: 53 parts of the community
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Krankenhausstrasse 1
86989 Steingaden
Website : www.steingaden.de
Mayor : Max Bertl
Location of the municipality of Steingaden in the Weilheim-Schongau district
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Steingaden in the evening sun
Steingaden from the northeast

Steingaden is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Weilheim-Schongau and the seat of the Steingaden administrative community . Steingaden is a state-approved resort.

The community is home to two unique monuments, the famous Wieskirche and the Welfenmünster .

geography

Steingaden is located in the foothills of the Alps on the border between Upper Bavaria and the Allgäu . The nearest larger cities are Füssen 19 km southwest, Kaufbeuren 27 and Garmisch-Partenkirchen 29 km away (as the crow flies).

The Illach crosses the municipality in an east-west direction. In Steingaden, some brooks unite to form the Neuhauser Bach, which flows into the Illach about 2 km further north. This in turn flows to the Lech reservoir Urspring in the far west of the municipality and thus to the Lech . The bathing lake Bismarckweiher is located on the northern outskirts.

The municipality has 53 officially designated parts of the municipality :

history

The place Steingaden belonged to the closed Hofmark of 1147 of Welf VI. founded the Premonstratensian Monastery of Steingaden , which was closed in 1803 in the course of secularization . The surrounding towns of Fronreiten, Lauterbach and Urspring, which used to belong largely to the monastery, became independent political communities in the course of the administrative reforms in the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1818. The place Steingaden belonged to the community of Urspring.

Fronreit, Lauterbach and Urspring were combined on April 1, 1939 to form the municipality of Steingaden. In the course of the municipal reform , Steingaden merged with surrounding municipalities on May 1, 1978 to form the Steingaden administrative community.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018 the municipality grew from 2,461 to 2,905 by 444 inhabitants or 18%.

year 1840 1871 1900 1925 1939 1950 1961 1970 1987 1991 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
Residents 1417 1565 1850 2031 1973 3051 2418 2368 2443 2561 2699 2730 2748 2745 2744

politics

Old farmhouse in Steingaden

In the local elections on March 16, 2014 , the CSU / Independent Voters / Non-Party Voters list got ten seats in the local council with a share of 70.7% of the votes, the women's list four seats (29.3% of the votes).

Xaver Wörle has been mayor since 1996. He was confirmed in office in the 2014 local elections with 83.5% of the valid votes.

Culture and sights

Path chapel at Kellershof
Upper Lindegger See

Buildings

See also: List of architectural monuments in Steingaden and List of ground monuments in Steingaden

Steingaden Monastery 1.jpg
The monastery church in Steingaden
Steingaden Brunenfigur 1.JPG
Well figure in Steingaden
Wieskirche1998.jpg
Wieskirche
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St. Maria Magdalena in Urspring

music

Church music in the Welfenmünster: The design of the liturgy is essentially the responsibility of the Steingaden church choir and the Schola. The choir consists of about 60 members. The music literature ranges from Gregorian chant to motets, chorales and orchestral masses to the new sacred song. The choir also took part in the large open-air performances “Welfs Erbe” and “Wunder Wies”.

Every year from May to September the “Festlicher Sommer”, “Evening Concerts” and “Music in the Pfaffenwinkel” concert series are held in the Wieskirche.

Economy and Infrastructure

Tourism plays a major role in the economy of the agricultural community.

traffic

The municipality and the relatively centrally located main town are crossed by federal road 17 in a north-south direction . This is crossed by State Road 2059 in Steingaden . The German Alpine Road extends from the south on the B 17 and leaves Steingaden on the St 2059 east towards Oberammergau .

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Steingaden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "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 ).
  2. ^ Community Steingaden in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on September 4, 2019.
  3. ^ Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria, territorial status 1928
  4. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 566 .
  5. ↑ Steingaden municipal statistics , accessed on November 5, 2010
  6. ↑ Festive summer in the Wies ( Memento of the original from April 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.foerderverein-fsw.de
  7. ↑ Evening concerts
  8. ↑ Music in Pfaffenwinkel (see p. 3)