Wildsteig

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 47 ° 42 '  N , 10 ° 57'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Bavaria
County :	Weilheim-Schongau
Management Community :	Steingaden
Height :	882 m above sea level NHN
Area :	47.66 km 2
Residents:	1310 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	27 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	82409
Area code :	08867
License plate :	WM, SOG
Community key :	09 1 90 160
Community structure:	19 parts of the community
Address of the municipal administration:	Kirchbergstrasse 20a 82409 Wildsteig
Website :	www.wildsteig.de
Mayor :	Josef Taffertshofer
Location of the community Wildsteig in the district of Weilheim-Schongau

Wildsteig is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Weilheim-Schongau and a member of the Steingaden administrative community .

geography

The community is located on the " Romantic Road " near the famous Wieskirche . At around 900 meters above sea level, Wildsteig is the highest municipality in the Weilheim-Schongau district . The Illach river has its source in the municipality .

Congregation structure

The municipal administration of Wildsteig is located on the Kirchberg.

The municipality has 19 officially named municipal parts (the type of settlement is given in brackets ):

Bichl ( wasteland ) Hargenwies (wasteland) Hausen ( village ) Wood ( hamlet ) Ilchberg (hamlet) Kreut (village) Linden (hamlet)

Morgenbach (village) Perau (hamlet) Peustelsau (village) Rentschen (wasteland) Schildschwaig (hamlet) Schwaig (hamlet)

Lake (hamlet) Soyermühle (wasteland) Straubenbach (hamlet) Sub-farmers (village) Lower houses (village) Wildsteig ( parish village )

history

Until the church is planted

The area of ​​today's community Wildsteig was part of the closed Hofmark of the Rottenbuch monastery until secularization in 1803 . Wildsteig became an independent political municipality in the course of the administrative reforms in the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1818 and belonged to the Schongau district court .

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018, the municipality grew from 1,054 to 1,280 by 226 inhabitants or 21.4%.

year	1840	1871	1900	1925	1939	1950	1961	1970	1987	1991	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015
population	603	690	679	744	762	1063	815	882	1024	1105	1154	1232	1232	1254	1338

• 

  Wildsteig from the south

• 

  View from the Eckberg to the Laubeneck

Buildings

Parish church of St. Jakob from the second half of the 18th century (latest Rococo with classicist echoes) with high altar figures by the master of the Blutenburg apostles from the second half of the 15th century

See also: List of architectural monuments in Wildsteig and List of ground monuments in Wildsteig

panorama

Natural monuments

In the Ammerschlucht gorge on the border with the neighboring municipality of Bad Bayersoien are the Schleierfälle , which are formed by a brook falling down the Hanhgkante.

Personalities

• Hans Mangold (* 1952 in Wildsteig), specialist in internal medicine and politician (ÖDP and Greens).

Web links

Commons : Wildsteig  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on the Wildsteig coat of arms  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Wildsteig: Official statistics of the LfStat (PDF; 1.24 MB)
• St. Jakob bells: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTa1LDUqbAg

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 Wildsteig in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on September 4, 2019.
3. ↑ Steingaden municipal statistics , accessed on November 5, 2010