Friesenried

Friesenried is a municipality in the Swabian district Ostallgaeu and a member of the administrative community Eggenthal.

• 3.1 Coat of Arms
• 3.2 Town twinning

• 5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
• 5.2 Education

Geography

Friesenried lies in the planning region Allgäu.

There are the following districts: Blöcktach, Friesenried and Salenwang.

History

The founding Fries Ried goes back to the year 912. In the hamlet of Blöcktach there was the family seat of the Lords of Schwarzburg, who are attested from 1230 to 1408. The place Friesenried was first mentioned in a deed in 1145. Friesenried was before 1800 seat of the Upper and Lower Court and belonged to the prince pin Kempten. 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.

Religions

Friesenried belonged to the neighboring Salenwang to 1810 to the parish of a few kilometers away Oberbeuren, which is one of the oldest parishes in the Allgäu region since the founding in the wake of proselytizing. Services were first held in the area between Friesenried and Salenwang on an open field parish church of St. Bartholomew and Cyriac. After the construction of the Church of St. Joseph in place Friesenried came there in 1695 to a more than 100 -year-long dispute with the Sale Wangern who urged the holding of Gottestdienste in for them favorably located Church of St. Bartholomew and Cyriac. From 1816 there was the regime which services during the winter months in St. Joseoph in Friesenried and in the summer months hold in St. Bartholomew. Since the re- direction in 1929, St. Joseph 's Catholic parish church for Friesenried and Salenwang.

Incorporations

On 1 January 1978, until then independent municipality Blöcktach was incorporated.

Population Development

Policy

Mayor is Bernhard Huber.

The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of € 550 thousand in 1999, which amounted to the trade tax revenues ( net) equivalent to € 53k.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality refers to the seal design for the Lower Court Friesenried. For Friesenried left is a abgabelndes black cross, which is interpreted as Gemarkunszeichen. For Blöcktach is a crenellated tower, pointing to the castle stables of the Lords of Schwarzburg. For Salenwang is the leaf of a willow. The color scheme Black on Silver the left half of the shield refers to a previous crest design for the low court Friesenried and the Black Burger. The red and blue of the left side plate refers to the colors of the Prince- pin Kempten.

Twinning

Since 1979 made ​​at the initiative of the then Fries Rieder vice principal contacts in the English market town of North Walsham, which were sealed by 1991, an official twinning of the two communities. To the twinning care in North Walsham, the "Friends of Friesenried ", and as the Allgäu counterpart of the twinning association Friesenried North Walsham, which organize the conducted since 1981 annual meetings and visits.

Monuments

Economy and infrastructure

Economy, agriculture and forestry

There were 1998 in the field of agriculture and forestry eight, in the manufacturing sector and 35 in the area of ​​trade and transport 17 persons work at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the workplace 34 people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 485 in the manufacturing sector, there were none, in the construction of four plants. In addition, in 1999, there were 63 farms with an agricultural area of 1,481 ha, of which 1,385 ha were under permanent pasture area.

Education

There are the following facilities (as of 1999):

• Kindergartens: 50 kindergarten places with 55 children
• Elementary schools: 1 with 22 teachers and 402 students

Gallery

Blöcktach from south

Friesenried from northeast

Kleinmederschach and Blöcktach

Salenwang