Burggen
Burggen is a community in the Upper Bavarian district of Weilheim -Schongau and a member of the administrative community Bernbeuren.
Location
Burggen located in the western part of the district in the Swabian- Bavarian border area of Lechrain. The place is located on the Roman road Via Claudia Augusta, who served the long-distance trade from Augsburg to Verona and Venice. The remaining rural location is close to the originally received Lech ( nature reserve " Litzauer loop ").
Districts
The municipality consists of the villages of Tannenberg and Haslach.
Then there are the ten individual settlements:
- Bernried
- Borzenwinkel
- Dessau
- Tight meadow
- Forch mill
- House Ried
- Rossau
- Senewang
- Steig
- Ziegler
History
Grave finds testify to a first settlement around the year 550 The place name is first mentioned in 1188 and is expected to be derived from an Alemannic tribe called Buro, Burin or Buring. From this later formed Purgo, Burggau and then Burggen. In 1796 a devastating fire destroyed large whole streets. Then the village was rebuilt.
Incorporations
On May 1, 1978 parts of the disbanded community Tannenberg were incorporated.
Economy
The 2,494 ha area of Burggen is used predominantly agricultural, with farmers operate exclusively dairy industry. Any other use is unprofitable due to the climate and soil conditions.
There are many marked, easily accessible hiking trails for cycling and hiking. Due to its location in the western Pfaff angle before the Bavarian mountains and tourism is operated.
Attractions
- Church of St. Stephan with figures of Anton Storm
- Former pilgrimage church of St. Anna in the field with a coffered ceiling and grisaille paintings
- Parish Church of St. Oswald in Tannenberg 1814-1826 built in the Empire style
Culture and Events
The cultural is supported, among others, of 13 active clubs.
On the second Sunday in September Burggen held every two years, a local festival specialized nature that Rosstag. Here over 300 horses of various breeds and species in all sorts of tensions, as well as cultural and historical equipment from agriculture and trade are shown as a living museum.
Since 1991, a partnership exists with the community Nesmy in the Vendée, France.