Hamlet in the Allgäu

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Hamlet in the Allgäu
Coat of arms of Weiler im Allgäu
Coordinates: 47 ° 34 ′ 58 ″  N , 9 ° 54 ′ 57 ″  E
Height : 632 m
Residents : 2074  (May 25 1987)
Incorporation : 1st September 1968
Incorporated into: Hamlet-Simmerberg
Postal code : 88171
Area code : 08387
church Square
church Square

Weiler im Allgäu ( westallgäuerisch Wielar ) is the main market of Weiler-Simmerberg in Lindau and part of the region Westallgaeu .

history

Weiler was first mentioned in a St. Gallen document in 872 as Meginbrehtiswilare with the addition in albegouue for im Alpgau . Under the lords of Weiler, the place was a Kellhof of the St. Gallen monastery. In 1571 Weiler was sold to Austria due to the extinction of the lords of Weiler in the male line. In 1618 the administration for the Kellhöfe Weiler and Scheidegg, as well as the rule Altenburg was established and the place received the lower jurisdiction. With the Thirty Years' War and the plague, the number of inhabitants dropped drastically between 1628 and 1635, but the number quickly recovered due to the location on the Upper Tyrolean Salt Road . In 1766 a road to Bregenz was built and in 1787 the capital of the country was moved from Grünenbach to Weiler. Weiler developed into the central place for the Westallgäu - then known as Ausserarlberg . In 1770 there were eleven inns for every 500 inhabitants. In 1770 the desertification was completed. In 1789 the market was named by Emperor Josef II of Austria . When Vorarlberg was annexed to Bavaria by Napoleon, a resistance group was formed led by Franz Anton Schneider . When Vorarlberg returned to Austria in 1814, the Westallgäu remained with Bavaria and its courts were combined to form the district court of Weiler . In the 19th century the hat and textile industry as well as alpine dairies settled. In 1878, considerations about merging the market towns of Simmerberg and Weiler were raised. In 1893 the railway line to Röthenbach was opened and operated until 1991. In 1968, Weiler and Simmerberg were merged to form the market town of Weiler-Simmerberg.

Architectural monuments

See: List of architectural monuments in Weiler im Allgäu

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official directory for Bavaria - territorial status: May 25, 1987 Munich 1991
  2. ^ Wolfgang Hartung: History of the communities . In: At home in the Lindau district . Editors: Werner Dobras & Andreas Kurz. Stadler Verlag, Konstanz, 1994. ISBN 3-7977-0281-7