Lachen, Bavaria

Laughter is a municipality in the Swabian district of Lower Allgäu region and a member of the administrative community Memmingerberg.

  • 2.1 spin-offs
  • 2.2 Population development
  • 3.1 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 monuments
  • 5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
  • 5.2 Education

Geography

Laughter is located ten kilometers southeast of Memmingen in the Danube -Iller region in central Bavaria.

Expansion of the municipal area

The municipality consists of seven districts of laughter ( population figures as of July 2005):

  • Albishofen (318 inhabitants)
  • Goßmann Mayrhofen ( 190 inhabitants)
  • Herbishofen (139 inhabitants)
  • Hetzlinshofen (418 inhabitants),
  • Laughter (207 inhabitants)
  • Moss creek (188 inhabitants, the lower part of this place belongs to the municipality Hawangen )
  • Theinselberg (136 inhabitants)

The district laughter consists of the municipality of laughter and a part of the market Ottobeuren.

History

Laugh belonged to the prince pin Kempten. With the Imperial Diet of 1803 the city became part of Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, was born with the congregation of 1818, the current community.

Spin-offs

On May 1, 1978 parts of the territory were then about 40 residents assigned to the market Ottobeuren ( Niebers and Schiessenhof ).

Population Development

All data refer to the current area of ​​the municipality, ie without the former municipality parts Niebers and Schiessenhof.

Policy

Mayor Herbert Rabus sen. ( CSU / ÜWG / Bbl ).

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on August 11, 1986 communication from the Government of Swabia.

Blazon: "Under a silver shield head, in an occupied grid with golden red oblique beams, two of blue, red and blue split up next to each other three silver iron hats. "

For the history of the municipality is the extinct around 1500 Lords of Rothstein, the marshals of Pappenheim and the prince pin Kempten were important. The oblique bar is the coat of arms of the lords of Rothstein removed. The iron hats are from the coat of arms of the Marshals of Pappenheim. Red - blue are the colors of the coat of arms prince pin Kempten.

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 four, in the manufacturing sector and 47 in the area of ​​trade and transport seven social insurance contributions at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the workplace 14 people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 446 in the manufacturing sector, there were 13, in the construction of three plants. In addition, in 1999, there were 42 farms with an agricultural area of 941 ha, of which 761 ha of permanent green space.

Education

In 1999 there were the following facilities:

  • Kindergarten: 50 kindergarten places with 49 children
  • Primary school

Gallery

Church and parsonage in laughter

Farmhouse in Theinselberg

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