Eisenberg, Bavaria

Eisenberg is a municipality in the Swabian district Ostallgaeu and a member of the administrative community Seeg.

Geography

Eisenberg is the planning region Allgäu. The municipal area consists only of the district Eisenberg. The municipality Eisenberg include the districts Baumgarten - Eisenberg (formerly the districts Pröbsten and Iron Castle ) - Wood - Hummel - Kögelhof - Love - Upper umbels - Upper Reuten - Osterreuten - Schweinegg - Speiden - Stockach - Enterprise clusters - Unterreuten - Weizern - cell.

History

The rule Eisenberg was originally owned by the Lords of Hoheneggstraße. 1382 handed Bertold Hoheneggstraße of his property to Duke Leopold III. of Austria (1351-1386), to then get it for himself and his heirs in fee again. Heir was his daughter Anne, the Friedrich von Freyberg married before 1376.

In the 15th century two separate complexes possession split off: Approx. 1420 rule Freyberg -Eisenberg - Hohenfreyberg with the bailiff based in Zell and 1467 the rule Freyberg -Eisenberg - Hopferau with the bailiff based in Hopferau. The iron bergische bailiff lived in the castle in Weizern. There, the Freiherr von Freyberg -Eisenberg Eisenberg had set to a low court for their first estate.

With the Act of Confederation, in 1806 Eisenberg came to Bavaria and in the course of the Bavarian administrative reforms emerged with the community of 1818, the current community.

Coat of arms

The Coat of Arms description is: Shared by silver and blue; obliquely from above crossed a red sword with a golden hilt overthrown and a red lance with gold lace and red flags abhängendem, in a continuous golden beams cross; below three, two asked for one golden balls. Sword and lance are the insignia of St. Moritz, the patron of the parish. The divided plate with the three golden balls is the coat of arms of the family of Freyberg, the former local government.

Policy

Mayor Alfons Stapf ( Überpart. WGEM. / CSU / Fr.Wgem. ).

The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of € 389 thousand in 1999, which amounted to the trade tax revenues ( net) converted 44 T €.

Economy and infrastructure

Due to immigration, the population has grown in recent years more and more. 1970, 742, 1987, 870 and 2000 counted 1,173 residents a year.

There were 1998 in the field of agriculture and forestry none, in the manufacturing sector and 56 in the area of ​​trade and transport 33 persons work. In other areas, 103 persons were employed social insurance contributions. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 337 in the manufacturing sector, there were none, in the construction of three plants. In addition, in 1999, there were 46 farms with an agricultural area of 944 ha ( with 100% permanent grassland ). An important source of income is tourism.

Culture

Attractions

The vicarage is cell with the parish of St. Moritz. In the district Speiden the pilgrimage church of Maria Hilf is a remarkable rococo style. Above Zell are the two ruined castles Eisenberg and Hohenfreyberg. In the municipality is also the Postal Gschrift and Geotop No. 777A023 ⊙ 47.59866846888910.594725608889 ( abandoned quarry with Reiselsberger sandstone at Schrofeneck ) (PDF, 256 kB)

Monuments

→ List of monuments in Eisenberg (Allgäu )

Education

There are the following facilities:

• Kindergarten with 25 kindergarten places
• Primary school with seven teachers and 124 students
• Eisenberg Castle Museum: Exhibits from the ruins Eisenberg and Hohenfreyberg