Stoffels (Waltenhofen)

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Stoffels
Municipality Waltenhofen
Coordinates: 47 ° 38 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : approx. 900 m
Postal code : 87448
Area code : 08379

Stoffels is a village in the municipality of Waltenhofen near Niedersonthofen in the Oberallgäu district .

geography

View from Stoffels to the south. On the left the Burgberger Hörnle over the Allgäu Alps to the Mittagberg on the right. On the hill in the foreground on the right Gopprechts, in the valley in the foreground houses from Niedersonthofen.

Stoffels is located at about 900 meters above sea level directly below the 1067 meter high Stoffelberg. It can only be reached via lenses and via a forest path to Rieggis. In the village, the main European watershed runs over a fen at 978 meters above sea level.

Stoffels is situated in a 524-hectare conservation area around the Stoffelberg.

Attractions

Stoffels is known for the mountain view and the view of the entire Niedersonthofen lake . The Stoffelberg itself offers a wide panoramic view and, in winter, a groomed trail around the mountain and to Rieggis.

economy

In Stoffels there is an alp with a cheese dairy and a lookout bar. The youth hostel is visited by youth groups all year round. Some farms operate grassland.

Panorama of the Stoffels. Striking from the left: Reuter Wanne, Breitenberg, Aggenstein, Grünten, Nebelhorn, Krottenkopf, Mädelegabel (37.8 km away on the border to Tyrol), Hohes Licht, Mittagberg and Nagelfluhkette to the Hochgrat

Footnotes

  1. ^ Advertisement of the Stoffelberg landscape protection area in the Bavaria Atlas
  2. Demeter Alpe Stoffels
  3. Berghof Alpenblick Stoffels
  4. Jugendberghaus Stoffels

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