Haldenwang, Oberallgäu

Haldenwang is a municipality in the Swabian district of Upper Allgäu region.

• 2.1 Population development

• 3.1 Coat of Arms

• 5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
• 5.2 Education

Geography

Haldenwang lies in the Allgäu region on the eastern edge of the Iller valley. The parish church is located 752 meters above the sea level. Still 150 meters higher it rises a range of hills to the east. The Iller Iller and the glaciers have shaped the landscape in the course of the earth.

Expansion of the municipal area

The municipal area consists only of the district Haldenwang.

To Haldenwang include the places Börwang, Fleschützen, Hojen, Koneberg, Oberpfaffenhofen, Seebach and sub ​​Wengen.

History

The name is derived from the Old High German words from halda ( slope ) and wang ( realms ). The Illertal was densely populated in Roman times. Certainly there were at that time already settlements on the eastern edge of the valley, also it was not far to the city Campodunum. In early medieval times were seated on the castle Wagegg vassals of the monastery Ottobeuren, in later times there were ministerial of the prince pin Kempten. 1180 is a knight Walther von Wagegg recorded, in 1374 a knight of Schellenberg and Wagegg and in 1468 a Knight of Caspar Laubberg and Wagegg. Before 1800 Haldenwang seat was one of the Upper and Lower Court of the reign of the same name and belonged to the Baron von Freyberg -Eisenberg. With the Act of Confederation, in 1806 the city became part of Bavaria.

Population Development

On the territory of the commune were 1970 2.086, 1987, 2726 and 2000 counted 3,474 residents a year.

Policy

Mayor Anton Klotz (CSU ).

The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of € 2,064,000 in 1999, which amounted to the trade tax revenues ( net) converted € 700,000.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: Split; front in black and a gold rosette, back geschacht of silver and red

Attractions

• Parish Church of St. Theodore and Alexander
• Leonhardikapelle in Börwang Leonhardiritt on patronage (6 November )

→ List of monuments in Haldenwang (Allgäu )

Economy and infrastructure

Economy, agriculture and forestry

There were 1998 in the field of agriculture and forestry nine, in the manufacturing sector and 666 in the area of ​​trade and transport 58 persons work at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the workplace 122 people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 1,182. In manufacturing, there were eight, nine companies in the construction industry. In addition, in 1999, there were 67 farms with an agricultural area of 1,695 ha By far the most important employers in the northern Upper Allgäu is the MAHA Maschinenbau Haldenwang, it provides facilities forth for testing and safety technology from motor vehicles.

Education

There are the following facilities (as of 1999):

• Kindergartens: 125 kindergarten places with 113 children
• Elementary schools: 1 with 12 teachers and 213 students

Personalities

• Johann Georg Hiltensperger (1806-1890), history painter and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich