Mauerstetten

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Mauerstetten
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Mauerstetten
Mauerstetten (Germany)
Mauerstetten
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Swabia
District Ostallgäu
Mayor Alexander Müller
Basic statistics
Area 16.55 km² (6.4 sq mi)
Elevation 716 m  (2349 ft)
Population 3,001  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 181 /km² (470 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate OAL
Postal code 87665
Area code 08341
Website www.mauerstetten.de

Coordinates: 47°53′00″N 10°40′00″E / 47.883333, 10.666667

Mauerstetten is a municipality in the district of Ostallgäu in the southwest of Bavaria in Germany.

Its foundations dates back to the early 9th century, and its name actually means "place of walls", due to ruins of supposedly Roman origin found there. Currently, Mauerstetten has about 2,800 inhabitants living in the four parts of the community: Mauerstetten itself, Steinholz, Hausen and Frankenried. Agriculture still plays a large role in the village, but some modest industry is to be found there as well.

The village has a primary school, a kindergarten, two banks (Sparkasse and RaiBa), a small grocery store, a bakery, and a small post office. In the center of Mauerstetten stands the church St. Vitus.

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