Westallgäu

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The West Allgäu is a sub-region of the Allgäu and today consists of large parts of the Lindau district in the southwest of the Swabian administrative district in Bavaria and the eastern parts of the Ravensburg district in the southeast of Baden-Württemberg (formerly incorporated district of Wangen ).

geography

The West Allgäu extends north to the towns of Wangen im Allgäu , Leutkirch im Allgäu , Kißlegg and Isny im Allgäu . In the east, the Westallgäu borders on the district of Oberallgäu , and in the south on the Austrian state of Vorarlberg . In the southwest, the Westallgäu with the city of Lindau borders on Lake Constance and thus indirectly on the Swiss canton of St. Gallen . In the northeast, the Westallgäu borders on the Unterallgäu district and in the northwest on the Biberach district . Large parts of the area used to be called Niederallgäu or Unterallgäu . The Adelegg , a foothill of the Alps, is also part of the Westallgäu . The Black Ridge is the highest point at 1118 m. The Westallgäu is one of the sunniest regions in Germany.

Places in the Westallgäu

Bavarian Western Allgäu

View over the Bavarian. Westallgäu; with Maierhöfen in the foreground and the Säntis in the background
Westallgäu near Simmerberg
Traditional Westallgäu house views in Simmerberg

Today's Bavarian West Allgäu was also known as Ausservorarlberg until 1806 and comprised the dishes of the time Kellhöfe, Altenburg, Simmerberg and Grünenbach , which largely correspond to today's definition of the Bavarian West Allgäu .

Places in the Western Allgäu in Bavaria :

Often, due to its geographical and linguistic proximity, Oberstaufen is part of the Westallgäu. Lindau does not belong to the Allgäu landscape concept, but is often marketed that way.

Württemberg Allgäu

It is controversial which communities in today's Ravensburg district are part of the Allgäu. The affiliation to the Allgäu near Kißlegg and Wangen in the Allgäu is controversial :

Wangen was given the name “im Allgäu” on November 3, 1936. This addition was justified with the promotion of tourism, a propaganda tool of the Nazi regime (see Strength through Joy ).

In Ravensburg and Bad Wurzach there have been tendencies since the 1990s to market the places as "in the Allgäu". The reasons for this lie in the better marketing possibilities with the landscape name Allgäu, which is considered attractive in the tourism sector. Companies that want to present themselves as employers in a region that is popular with tourists and thus want to attract new employees from other regions use the Allgäu term in these places.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulrich Craemer: The Allgäu. The essence and becoming of a landscape concept. Verlag der Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Remagen 1954, p. 36 ff. ( Research on German regional studies 84, ISSN  0375-6343 ).
  2. ↑ ( Scheidegg 2007 / Lindenberg im Allgäu 2006)
  3. ^ Günter Fichter: When the Westallgäu came to Bavaria - reorientation and a new beginning . In: Yearbook of the Lindau District 2005 .
  4. ^ Günter Fichter: Lindenberger Chronik. Lindenberg 1989, p. 63.
  5. ↑ Podcast: The Allgäu Dialect Interview with Manfred Renn
  6. ^ Walter Jahn: The Allgäu. Materials and instructions for analytical and synoptic spatial observation. Blutenburg-Verlag, Munich 1979, various pages
  7. ^ Ulrich Crämer: The Allgäu - Becoming and essence of a landscape concept, research on German regional studies . Publishing house of the Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Remagen 1954.
  8. ^ Rainer Jensch: City Chronicle Wangen im Allgäu. Kunstverlag Fink, ISBN 978-3-89870-872-2 , p. 543.