Weiler-Simmerberg

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Weiler-Simmerberg
Coat of arms of Weiler-Simmerberg
Weiler-Simmerberg (Germany)
Weiler-Simmerberg
Coordinates: 47° 35′ N, 9° 56′ E
Time zone: CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Administration
Country: Germany
State: Bavaria
Administrative region: Swabia
District: Lindau
Mayor: Karl-Heinz Rudolph
Basic Statistics
Area: 31.30 km² (12 sq.mi.)
Population: 6,589 (30 June 2005)
 - Density: 211 /km² (545 /sq.mi.)
Elevation: 630–900 m Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "�"
Further Information
Postal code: 88171
Area codes: 08387 (Weiler-Simmerberg) 08384 (Ellhofen)
Licence plate code: LI

Weiler-Simmerberg is a market town in the Swabian Lindau district.

[edit] Geography

Being located in the Westallgäu, the market town is bordering on the region of the Bregenzerwald, which already belongs to the Austrian administrative region of Vorarlberg. gehört. The Hausbachklamm belongs to the prominent landmarks and sights of Weiler-Simmerberg, as well as the Enschenstein and the Wildrosenmoos. Even though the landscape is rather mild, there are many very cliffy and steep rock faces due to the irregular bedding of sandstone and conglomerate.

[edit] Parts of the municipality

The area of Weiler-Simmerberg consists of the "Gemarkungen" Ellhofen, Simmerberg and Weiler im Allgäu.

The following districts belong to the market town of Weiler-Simmerberg:

  • Buchenbühl
  • Dressen
  • Ellhofen
  • Hagelstein
  • Hasenried
  • Oberleute
  • Obertrogen
  • Rieder
  • Riegen
  • Rothach
  • Ruppenmanklitz
  • Schreckenmanklitz
  • Simmerberg
  • Untertrogen
  • Weiler im Allgäu
  • Weißen

[edit] History

Historc town sign in Simmerberg
Historc town sign in Simmerberg

The municipality celebrated the 1.111th anniversary of its first metioning in 2005. The market town of Weiler-Simmerberg had been seat of a higher and lower court before 1805 and belonged to the Austrian authority of Bregenz-Hohenegg. Since the signing of the peace treaties of Brünn und Preßburg in 1805, the town belongs to Bavaria. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, the contemporary municipality was formed by the "Gemeindeedikt" of 1818.



Coordinates: 47°35′N 9°56′E