Holzgünz
Holzgünz is a municipality in the Swabian district of Lower Allgäu region and a member of the administrative community Memmingerberg.
- 2.1 Amalgamations
- 2.2 Population development
- 3.1 Coat of Arms
- 4.1 monuments
- 5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
- 5.2 traffic
- 5.3 Formation
Geography
Holzgünz is located about 8 km east of Memmingen in the Danube -Iller region in central Bavaria.
Expansion of the municipal area
The municipality consists of the districts Holzgünz and Schwaighausen.
The municipality includes the villages Holzgünz Holzgünz and Schwaighausen.
History
The village appears already in 1167 with the donation Isengrimschen and 1270 is first mentioned by name. Holzgünz belonged since the Middle Ages, a free imperial city of Memmingen, more precisely the Crusaders of the Memmingen top Hospitals. With the Imperial Diet of 1803 the city became part of Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in the Kingdom of Bavaria was born with the congregation of 1818, the current community.
Incorporations
On 1 May 1978, until then independent municipality Schwaighausen was incorporated.
Population Development
Policy
Mayor Paul Nagler ( FWH / FWS ). He was the successor of Martin Riedmiller (CDU ) in 2002.
The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of 1,856 K € in 1999, which amounted to the trade tax revenues ( net) converted 501 T €.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved on July 29, 1986 communication from the Government of Swabia.
Blazon: " Split of black and silver with a lowered wave beams in confused colors; forward a double-armed bifurcated ( zwölfspitziges ) silver cross, behind a rooted cutting deciduous tree. "
The forked double cross represents the crest of the upper Memminger Hospitals (Convent of the Knights of the Cross Order) represents the Crusaders since 1296 owner of the church patronage. In 1444 they brought the place Oberholzgünz in their possession. The rooted deciduous tree " speaks " for the place name. At the same time he recalls the time before Kapellenbau of 1748 in Schwaighausen, as the faithful performed their devotions in the open air under a tree. The wave bar refers to the Kohbach, the linking element of the community through all three districts ( Oberholzgünz, Unterholzgünz and Schwaighausen ) flows.
The design of the coat of arms is derived from pin archivist and curator circle Aegidius Kolb and the organization took over the Passau Max Reinhart.
Culture and sights
Monuments
Economy and infrastructure
Economy, agriculture and forestry
There were 1998 in the field of Agriculture and Forestry 14, 334 in manufacturing and in trade and transport 47 persons work at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the workplace 95 people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 1,393. In manufacturing, there were eight companies, five companies in the construction industry. In addition, in 1999, there were 81 farms with an agricultural area of 2,084 ha, of which 1,581 hectares of arable land.
Traffic
Holzgünz is located on the main highway 96 (Lindau - Munich).
Education
In 1999 there were the following facilities:
- Kindergartens: 47 kindergarten places with 32 children