Forest (swabia)

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Swabia
County :	Ostallgäu
Management Community :	Seeg
Height :	800 m above sea level NHN
Area :	17.97 km 2
Residents:	1156 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	64 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	87616
Area code :	08302
License plate :	OAL, FÜS, MOD
Community key :	09 7 77 179
Community structure:	21 parts of the community
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Lengenwanger Str. 2 ; 87616 Wald
Website :	www.wald-allgaeu.de
Mayoress :	Johanna Purschke ( general voter group )
Location of the community of Wald in the Ostallgäu district

Forest with a forest pond

Winter picture - community forest

Wald is a municipality of the Seeg administrative community and is located in the Ostallgäu district in Bavarian Swabia .

geography

Wald is located in the Allgäu region and is a state-approved resort at an altitude between 755 (Wertach) and 881 m above sea level (south of Geigers). The community of Wald is part of the Seeg administrative community .

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

Barnstein ( village )
Bergers ( hamlet )
Birngschwend (hamlet)
Geigers (hamlet)
Gemmels ( wasteland )
Houses (hamlets)
Herring (hamlet)

Hofen (village)
Holzmanns (hamlet)
Kaltenbrunn (hamlet)
Merchant's (hamlet)
Kippach (hamlet)
Monastery courtyard (hamlet)
Neupolz (hamlet)

Öbele (wasteland)
Furnace (hamlet)
Stechele (hamlet)
Forest ( parish village )
Wetzlers (hamlet)
Wies (wasteland)
Wimberg (village)

history

Until the church is planted

The Barnstein district is mentioned in a document as early as 1059. Forest itself was still referred to as Wittisried ( clearing of Witt or Wittirich) in 1404 , the designation forest was derived from the later common place name for the Newen churches in the forest . The local knights of Kemnat sold their jurisdiction to the bishopric of Augsburg in 1493 . With the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, the place came to Bavaria. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria , today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

21st century

The Catholic parish church of St. Nicholas, first mentioned in 1397, was severely damaged in a fire triggered by lightning on January 5, 2012. The tower and church were completely renovated in the following years. At the same time, the entire infrastructure of the village has been modernized in recent years.

In 2017, Wald won the competition Our village has a future - our village should become more beautiful in Bavarian Swabia.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2008, the population of forests rose by 107 people or around 11%. Between 1988 and 2018 the community grew from 938 to 1140 by 202 inhabitants or 21.5%.

1970: 0857 inhabitants
1987: 0946 inhabitants
1991: 0967 inhabitants
1995: 0974 inhabitants
2000: 0994 inhabitants
2005: 1031 inhabitants
2010: 1056 inhabitants
2015: 1166 inhabitants
2017: 1129 inhabitants
2018: 1140 inhabitants

politics

Mayoress

Mayor since 2014 is Johanna Purschke (general group of voters); she was elected on March 15, 2020 for a further six years. Before that, the mayor was Josef Ampßler (general group of voters). His predecessors in office were Max Hartmann and Ludwig Hummel.

Municipal council

For the election on March 15, 2020 , only the nomination of the general voter group Wald with 16 applicants was available. The 12 applicants from this group of voters with the highest number of votes form the municipal council for May 2020 to April 2026 together with the mayor.

coat of arms

The description of the coat of arms reads: Under a black shield head supported by a silver corrugated beam, inside three golden balls next to each other, in green between two rooted silver fir trees a silver church tower. - The church tower in the coat of arms symbolizes the Church of St. Nicholas, which characterizes the townscape. According to legend, he gave three gold balls to three young women in need. The waves symbolize the river Wertach. The fir trees symbolize the forest.

Sights and monuments

The church of St. Nikolaus in Wald is worth seeing: ceiling paintings by Joseph Keller (1740–1823) from the Baroque painter-Keller dynasty Pfronten , figures of the "Master of Wald" from around 1500, figures from the workshop of the baroque sculptor Anton Sturm (1690 –1757) from Füssen .

Building history: 1397 first mention of "zu der Newen Kirchen in den Wald". 1426 The “New Church in the Forest” becomes a parish. 1493 The tower is built in its current form. 1696 The medieval church is enlarged and redesigned in Baroque style. 1781/82 The church is expanded again. The nave gets its typical window design: three five-meter-high, three-pass-shaped closed windows, a distinct feature in the area, and a small four-pass window. 1790 The medieval tower is repaired. 2012 The church tower and sacristy were destroyed by lightning. 2012–2014 reconstruction and renovation.