Hopferau

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

• 3.1 Coat of Arms

• 5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
• 5.2 traffic
• 5.3 Formation

Geography

The municipality borders the Hopferau Hopfensee ( west bank ) and is around 10 km from the city center of Füssen and Pfronten.

There is only the district Hopferau with the hamlet of Dornach.

History

Hopferau was before 1800 seat of the Upper and Lower Court of the reign of the same name and was one of the Barons Freyberg - Hopferau. With the Act of Confederation in 1806 the place came to the Kingdom of Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, was born with the congregation of 1818, the current community.

Population Development

On the territory of the municipality were 1970 724, 1987, 972 and 2000 counted 1,062 residents a year.

Policy

Mayor Gregor Bayrhof ( CSU / Überpart.Wgem. / Fr.Wgem. ).

The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of € 1,094,000 in 1999, which amounted to the trade tax revenues ( net) converted € 152,000.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: Shared; above with a silver shield in blue three main two Asked to one golden balls at the bottom of a gold black, schwarzgehörntes bull's head ( Grind ) with lolling red tongue.

Culture and sights

• Dairy Lehern

• Castle Hopferau

→ List of monuments in Hopferau

Economy and infrastructure

Economy, agriculture and forestry

There were 1998 in the field of Agriculture and Forestry four, 148 in manufacturing and in trade and transport 28 persons work at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the workplace 87 people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 828 in the manufacturing sector (as well as mining and quarrying and earth ) there were two, four companies in the construction industry. In addition, in 1999, there were 41 farms with an agricultural area of 1052 ha, of which 677 were hectares of arable land and 375 ha of permanent grassland. Eleven Farms are joined together in a dairy cooperative that produces Lehern cheese for direct marketing in the district.

Traffic

The station Weizern - Hopferau lies on the railway line Biessenhofen - feet. There are connections to Augsburg and Munich.

Education

There are the following facilities (as of 1999):

• Kindergartens: 50 kindergarten places with 43 ​​children

Personalities

From 1946 to 1949 Konrad Zuse and his family lived in Wiedemen at Hopferau. He could Z4 The fully automatic computing machine insinuate 1946 to 1949 in a former flour bearing the bakery Martin in Hopferau and make it work.