Unterthingau

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Coat of arms of the Unterthingau market
Unterthingau
Map of Germany, position of the Unterthingau market highlighted

Coordinates: 47 ° 46 '  N , 10 ° 30'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Swabia
County : Ostallgäu
Management Community : Unterthingau
Height : 773 m above sea level NHN
Area : 45.24 km 2
Residents: 2891 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 64 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 87647
Area code : 08377
License plate : OAL, FÜS, MOD
Community key : 09 7 77 175
LOCODE : DE UHG
Market structure: 21 parts of the community

Market administration address : 		Marktplatz 9
87647 Unterthingau
Website : www.unterthingau.de
Mayor : Bernhard Dolp (constituency "Commerce and Employees")
Location of the Unterthingau market in the Ostallgäu district
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Unterthingau from the east
Unterthingau Castle
Pilgrimage Church of St. Stephan, Oberthingau
Ceiling painting in the pilgrimage church St. Stephan, Oberthingau

Unterthingau ( dialect : Tiŋgɘ ) is a market in the Swabian district of Ostallgäu ( Bavaria ) and the seat of the Unterthingau administrative community .

geography

The market is located in the Allgäu and the Kirnach flows through it. The Allgäu cycle path runs through the village .

There are the districts Oberthingau, Reinhardsried and Unterthingau.

The municipality has 21 officially named municipal parts (the type of settlement is given in brackets ):

history

Until the church is planted

The first documentary mention can be found in a donation from Otto the Great as "Tiuoningouvue", who donated the place to the Kempten Monastery , which subsequently drove the clearing of this area. Bishop Ulrich von Augsburg donated a farm in Thingau to the Kempten monastery in 950 and is said to have consecrated a church here in 963. An Odalrich de Tonego was handed down as the first pastor around 1100. The place name Thingau is traced back to the personal name Tuono, a differentiation between Unter- and Oberthingau can be proven from 1357. Since 1465, Unterthingau had been the seat of a village court of the prince monastery Kempten . Unterthingau received in 1485 from Emperor Friedrich III. the market right with important proprietary rights awarded. With the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803 the place came with the care office Thingau to Bavaria . In the course of the administrative reforms in the Kingdom of Bavaria , the municipality of Unterthingau was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

Administrative affiliation

In 1873, Unterthingau was incorporated into the Markt Oberdorf district office and the Obergünzburg district court. As part of the regional reform , the district of Marktoberdorf was dissolved, and Unterthingau has since been part of the newly created district of Ostallgäu.

Religions

The catholic parishioners of the market belong to the catholic parishes St.Nikolaus for the districts Unterthingau and Reinhardsried and St. Stephan for Oberthingau. The parish church of St. Martin Kraftisried is a branch church of St. Nikolaus. The parish of St. Nikolaus Unterthingau consists of the political communities of Unterthingau and Kraftisried.

Since September 2011 these parishes and branches have formed a parish community together with the parish of St. Oswald Görisried . Pastor Edward Wastag is the leader. Deacon Andreas Fischer is a pastoral worker in the parish community.

The Evangelical Lutheran parishioners in the districts of Unterthingau and Reinhardsried belong to the Obergünzburg parish of around 1,350 people , consisting of the political communities of Obergünzburg , Günzach , Ronsberg , Untrasried , Hopferbach , Reinhardsried , Kraftisried and Unterthingau. In the Oberthingau district, the Protestant residents of the parish of Marktoberdorf belong .

There are also members of other Christian groups, as well as Muslims.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1978, as part of the regional reform, the communities Reinhardsried and Oberthingau were incorporated into the Unterthingau market.

Population development

  • 1961: 2118 inhabitants
  • 1970: 2133 inhabitants
  • 1987: 2354 inhabitants
  • 1991: 2470 inhabitants
  • 1995: 2471 inhabitants
  • 2000: 2600 inhabitants
  • 2005: 2738 inhabitants
  • 2010: 2767 inhabitants
  • 2015: 2789 inhabitants

Unterthingau grew by 347 inhabitants or approx. 15% from 1988 to 2008. Between 1988 and 2018, the municipality grew from 2381 to 2881 by 500 inhabitants or 21%.

politics

mayor

Bernhard Dolp has been the mayor since April 2013 (electoral group "Trade and Employees"). His predecessor was Wolfgang Schramm.

The municipal tax revenue in 1999 was the equivalent of € 1.067 million, of which € 157,000 (net) was trade tax revenue.

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows two red poppies in blue on diagonally crossed, leafy green stems .

Culture and sights

Architectural monuments

Unterthingau

Oberthingau

Reinhardsried

reed

More Attractions

In the vicinity of the municipality there are some ground monuments that testify to refuges and other medieval structures.

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

In 1998, according to official statistics, there were twelve in the field of agriculture and forestry, 162 in the manufacturing sector and 63 in the trade and transport sector at the place of work. In other economic sectors, 94 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were 898 employees subject to social security contributions at the place of residence. There were three companies in the manufacturing sector and two in the construction sector. In addition, in 1999 there were 117 farms with an agriculturally used area of ​​2565 ha, of which 2563 ha were permanent green space.

traffic

Unterthingau is located on the federal highway 12 , which today passes a little further from the village.

education

In 1999 the following institutions existed:

  • Kindergartens: 100 kindergarten places with 87 children
  • Elementary school: one with 23 teachers and 459 students

photos

  • Brandlemoss

  • Oberthingau from the northeast

  • Reinhardsried

  • Reinhardsried

  • Scots from the northeast

  • Tennentor in Unterthingau

  • Unterthingau from the southwest

Personalities

Born in Unterthingau

Other personalities related to Unterthingau

  • Johann Mühlegg (* 1970), former German cross-country skier ; lived in Unterthingau for a few years.
  • Joseph Kiermeier-Debre (* 1946), German literary, theater and art scholar, university professor, museum director, curator, program maker and author; has lived in Unterthingau since 1989.

Web links

Commons : Unterthingau  - 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 of Unterthingau in the local database of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on August 17, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b c 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. 779 .
  4. ↑ https://www.all-in.de/nachrichten/lokales/Bernhard-Dolp-gewinnt-Buergermeisterwahl-in-Unterthingau;art26090,1314042