Stöttwang

Stöttwang is a municipality in the Swabian district Ostallgaeu 7 km east of Kaufbeuren and is a member of the administrative community Westendorf.

Stöttwang includes next to the biggest and name giver district Stöttwang the districts Reichenbach, Gennachhausen, Thalhofen, Linden along the Gennach.

Shaping the townscape is the rococo church of St. Gordian and St. Epimachus in the district Stöttwang.

• 4.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
• 4.2 Education

History

Stöttwang belonged to the Free Imperial City of Kaufbeuren. Since the Imperial Diet of 1803 the place belonged to Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in the Kingdom of Bavaria was born with the congregation of 1818, the current community.

On April 1, 1971, it came in the course of municipal reform on the voluntary merger with the earlier communities Linden, Thalhofen at the Gennach, Gennachhausen and Reichenbach to the new community Stöttwang. In 1978, this administrative community Westendorf has been assigned.

On the territory of the municipality were 1970 995, 1987, 1350 and 2000 counted 1,761 residents a year.

Policy

The mayor is Richard Ficker (CDU Association ).

The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of € 599 thousand in 1999, which amounted to the trade tax revenues ( net) equivalent to € 50 thousand.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: Shared; a growing golden Abtstab above in red sechsstrahliger a gold star, below in blue; on the dividing line diagonally crossed a palm branch and a slumped silver sword.

Monuments

→ List of monuments in Stöttwang

Economy and infrastructure

Economy, agriculture and forestry

It was in 1998 according to official statistics in the field of agriculture and forestry seven, in the manufacturing sector and 121 in the area of ​​trade and transport 10 persons work at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the work of 30 people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 536 in the manufacturing sector, there was an operation in the construction of four plants. In addition, in 1999, there were 50 farms with an agricultural area of 1,197 ha, of which 1,143 ha of permanent green space.

Education

There are the following facilities (as of 1999):

Gallery

Church spire

Blood of Christ

Sham domes

Ceiling painting

Interior

Organ in 2004