Grünenbach

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Country:	Germany
Grünenbach

Coordinates:	47° 37′ N, 10° 1′ E
Time zone:	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Administration
State:	Bavaria
Administrative region:	Schwaben
District:	Lindau (Bodensee)
Municipial association:	Röthenbach (Allgäu)
Mayor:	Olaf Hoffmann (Unabhängige Gemeinderäte)
Basic Statistics
Area:	25.12 km² (10 sq.mi.)
Population:	1,385 (30 June 2005)
- Density:	55 /km² (143 /sq.mi.)
Elevation:	718 m (2356 ft)
Further Information
Postal code:	88167
Area code:	08383
Licence plate code:	LI
Website:	www.gruenenbach.de

Grünenbach is a town in the district of Lindau in Bavaria in Germany.

1 Geography
2 History
- 2.1 Demographics
3 Politics
4 Economy and infrastructure
- 4.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
- 4.2 Education

[edit] Geography

Grünenbach is located in the Allgäu region.

It consists of thefollowing districts: Ebratshofen, Grünenbach.

[edit] History

Before 1800 Grünenbach had been seat of a higher and lower court and balonged to Austria as a part of the Bregenz-Hohenegg authority, before becoming part of Bavaria. Since the signing of the peace treaties of Brünn and Preßburg in 1805 the town belongs to Bavaria. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavariy the contemporary municipality was formed by the "Gemeindeedikt" of 1818.

[edit] Demographics

In 1970 there were 1,140, in 1987 1,124 and in 2000 1,285 inhabitants living in Grünenbach.

[edit] Politics

The mayor of the town is Olaf Rüdiger Hoffmann (Unabhängige Gemeinderäte).

The revenue from the municipal tax added up to 658,000 € in 1999, of which the net business tax amounted to 206,000 €.

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

[edit] Economy, agriculture and forestry

According to the official statistics, in 1998 there were 160 emloyees who were subject to social insurance contribution in the industrial sector and none in the sector of trade and transport at place of work. In miscellaneous sectors there were 96 persons who were subject to social insurance contribution at place of work. At place of domicile there were 396 employees altogether. In the industrial sector there were two, in the main construction trade four businesses. Moreover, there were 67 agricultural businesses in 1999 with a total area of 1,415 ha.