Ostallgäu

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Ostallgäu
District

Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Adm. region	Swabia
Capital	Marktoberdorf
Area
• Total	1,395 km² (539 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2012)^[1]
• Total	134,118
• Density	96/km² (250/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	OAL
Website	http://www.ostallgaeu.de

Ostallgäu is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Oberallgäu, Unterallgäu, Augsburg, Landsberg, Weilheim-Schongau and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and by the Austrian state of Tyrol. The city of Kaufbeuren is enclosed by but does not belong to the district.

History

Before 1803 the region was split into several tiny states, most of them clerical states. When these states were dissolved in 1803, the Ostallgäu region became part of Bavaria. The kings of Bavaria soon evolved a special relationship with the region and built their famous castles of Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein there.

The district was established in 1972 by merging the former districts of Kaufbeuren, Marktoberdorf and Füssen.

Geography

"Ostallgäu" literally means "Eastern Allgäu". The term Allgäu is applied to the part of the Alps located in Swabia and their northern foothills.

The district extends from the crest of the Alps to hilly countryside in the north. It is located on either side of the Wertach, an affluent of the Lech River. In the south there is a great number of alpine lakes, the largest of them being the Forggensee (16 km²).

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:

the heraldic lion of the medieval county of Ronsberg
the sword of Saint Martin, the patron saint of Marktoberdorf
an abbot's staff representing the Füssen monastery

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Buchloe Füssen Marktoberdorf	Aitrang Baisweil Bidingen Biessenhofen Eggenthal Eisenberg Friesenried Germaringen Görisried Günzach Halblech Hopferau Irsee Jengen Kaltental Kraftisried Lamerdingen Lechbruck Lengenwang Mauerstetten Nesselwang	Obergünzburg Oberostendorf Osterzell Pforzen Pfronten Rettenbach am Auerberg Rieden Rieden am Forggensee Ronsberg Roßhaupten Rückholz Ruderatshofen Schwangau Seeg Stötten Stöttwang Unterthingau Untrasried Waal Wald Westendorf

References

↑ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). 31 December 2012.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Landkreis Ostallgäu.

Official website (German)
The online reference book about the »East-Allgaeu« (German)
Orchids in Allgäu

v t e Urban and rural districts in the Free State of Bavaria in Germany

Urban districts	Amberg Ansbach Aschaffenburg Augsburg Bamberg Bayreuth Coburg Erlangen Fürth Hof Ingolstadt Kaufbeuren Kempten Landshut Memmingen München (Munich) Nürnberg (Nuremberg) Passau Regensburg Rosenheim Schwabach Schweinfurt Straubing Weiden Würzburg

Rural districts	Aichach-Friedberg Altötting Amberg-Sulzbach Ansbach Aschaffenburg Augsburg Bad Kissingen Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen Bamberg Bayreuth Berchtesgadener Land Cham Coburg Dachau Deggendorf Dillingen Dingolfing-Landau Donau-Ries Ebersberg Eichstätt Erding Erlangen-Höchstadt Forchheim Freising Freyung-Grafenau Fürstenfeldbruck Fürth Garmisch-Partenkirchen Günzburg Haßberge Hof Kelheim Kitzingen Kronach Kulmbach Landsberg Landshut Lichtenfels Lindau Main-Spessart Miesbach Miltenberg Mühldorf München (Munich) Neuburg-Schrobenhausen Neumarkt Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim Neustadt an der Waldnaab Neu-Ulm Nürnberger Land Oberallgäu Ostallgäu Passau Pfaffenhofen Regen Regensburg Rhön-Grabfeld Rosenheim Roth Rottal-Inn Schwandorf Schweinfurt Starnberg Straubing-Bogen Tirschenreuth Traunstein Unterallgäu Weilheim-Schongau Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen Wunsiedel Würzburg

Coordinates: 47°45′N 10°35′E / 47.75°N 10.58°E / 47.75; 10.58

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