Lindenberg im Allgäu

Lindenberg im Allgäu ( officially: Lindenberg i.Allgäu ) is the second largest town in the Swabian district of Lindau ( Bodensee) and forms the heart of the Western Allgäu region.

Lindenberg, located at the German Alpine Road is a recognized health resort in fog-free altitudes and has only hat museum Bavaria. In 2005, even the sunniest place in Bavaria Lindenberg was in 2006 with 2,217 hours of sunshine is the sunniest city in all of Germany.

  • 3.1 City Council
  • 3.2 Twin towns
  • 3.3 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 Visual Arts
  • 4.2 Structures 4.2.1 monuments
  • 4.4.1 Cheese and Gourmet Festival
  • 4.4.2 hat day
  • 4.4.3 Sozialistenhut
  • 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 6.2 Other personalities

Geography

There is only the district Lindenberg im Allgäu.

Neighboring communities

Lindenberg is surrounded by the municipalities Scheidegg, Weiler- Simmersberg, home church, Röthenbach (Allgäu ) and Opfenbach.

History

The first people who settled in scattered settlements located in the Allgäu region, were the Celts, the BC built the ground about 500 years.

By 15 BC, the area was occupied by the Romans and it was built a Roman road - this combined Brigantium ( Bregenz) on Cambodunum ( Kempten in the Allgäu) with Augusta Vindelicorum ( Augsburg).

Around 500 Alemanni conquered the Roman Limes and inhabited the area.

In the 8th century, the area now Lindenberg was in the hands of the noble family of Udalrichinger of Bregenz and their heirs. In the 9th century, the area went to St. Gallen.

The first written mention Lindesbergs can be found in the 9th century on a property deed of the monastery of St. Gall: In the year 857 Patacho and Sigibert gave two important nobles, goods in " Lintiberc " to the monastery of St. Gall.

Then it was passed to the Counts of Montfort, whose ancestral castle can still be seen today in Bregenz. Their Vogt sat in Thaler village ( Dallendorf ) at Gestratz and there had to bring their tithes farmers.

1249 came the church, goods and subjects to the monastery Mehrerau, which had been created in 1097.

The parish Lindenberg is the first time in 1257, in Liber of the diocese of Constance decimationis mention.

When the Swedes in 1634 collapsed in large numbers to the western Allgäu, large parts were cremated by Lindenberg in the spring of this year. A somewhat greater importance than previously attained Lindenberg, as it received marketing rights in 1784. Now it was to be held in the year up to 3 cattle markets.

Lindenberg im Allgäu belonged to the Napoleonic Wars as part of the rule Bregenz- Hoheneggstraße to Austria. A French army overran 1796 the Allgäu Kempten and penetrated before. In the peace treaties of Brno and Bratislava in 1805 the place came to Bavaria.

Already in 1656, Lindenberger straw hats were sold in peddling and markets. In 1755 they began to organize the production and distribution of straw hats. The hat industry today, however hardly any economic significance - the memory is kept alive by an annual " hat day " as well as a hat museum.

Policy

City ​​council

Twin Cities

Coat of arms

The Lindenberger coat of arms shows in silver on green Dreienberg a twin-towered red church in front view with wide stem and blue roofs, on either side one green lime.

Culture and sights

Fine Arts

  • The town of Lindenberg awards annually since 1987 a cultural award. The first winner was the painter Luis Gurschler.
  • The Westallgäuer Art Prize 2009 went to the painter Albert Malnati from Wasserburg. The prize of € 1,000 prize is awarded under the Westallgäuer art exhibition.
  • The Lindenberger Culture Prize 2009 (endowed with € 1,500 ) went to Erich fields

Structures

Monuments

→ List of monuments in Lindenberg im Allgäu

Geographical landmarks

Regular events

Cheese and Gourmet Festival

Lindenberg is the "International Cheese and Gourmet Festival" held on the cheese producers from the region, but also from France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, the Netherlands and Slovenia are represented.

Hat day

The so-called " hat day " takes place every year in April. For this purpose, select the Lindenberger every two years their Lindenberger Hutkönigin.

During the two- year term it represents the Hutstadt Lindenberg and Westallgaeu at events and events on tourism and fashion exhibitions, in publications and in Hutmodeschauen.

Sozialistenhut

The Sozialistenhut is conferred annually by the district association of the SPD Lindau Bavaria in Lindenberg price.

Economy

In Lindenberg next to a traditional cheese factory suppliers to the aerospace and automotive industries as well as one of Europe's largest photographic laboratories are located.

Major companies and institutions are:

  • Liebherr -Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH
  • Mayser GmbH & Co. KG: Headwear, foam technology, Forming & security
  • Schreiber & Rupp Käsewerk / Bergland Käsewerk
  • Mauderer Alutechnik
  • Allcop Colour -Service GmbH & Co. KG
  • Humboldt Institute - Association for German as a foreign language eV
  • Kunstverlag Josef Fink
  • Gebr Baldauf GmbH & Co. KG - dairy Baldauf

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

Were born in Lindenberg:

  • Johann Georg Specht (1720-1803), builder and architect
  • Joseph Anton Specht (1828-1894), mountaineer and entrepreneur
  • Anton Fehr (1881-1954), Agrarwirtschaftler and politician ( Minister of Agriculture in the Weimar Republic, Bavarian Minister of Agriculture )
  • Luis Gurschler (1913-2000), painter, first Culture Prize of the City Lindenberg
  • Hermann Stoller (1932-2009), local historian
  • Werner Specht ( b. 1942 ), painter and songwriter
  • Stephan Huber ( born 1952 ), sculptor
  • Klaus Gietinger ( born 1955 ), film director and screenwriter
  • Holly Fink (born 1964 ), cameraman (including Escape, Dresden, Mogadishu )
  • Harald Heinrich ( * 1967 ), canon and deputy vicar general in the diocese of Augsburg
  • Markus Miller ( b. 1982 ), football goalkeeper (including Karlsruher SC, Hannover 96)
  • Philipp Schmid ( * 1986), German ski racer
  • Alessandro Riedle (* 1991), football players (currently Grasshoppers Zurich )

Other personalities

In Lindenberg lived and worked or live and work also:

  • Johann Evangelist Keller (1824-1910), Mayor 1860-1884, Reichstag and Landtag
  • Heinrich Braun (1868-1939), politician ( Labour Minister during the Weimar Republic)
  • Otto Gessler (1875-1955), politician ( minister of defense in the Weimar Republic ), President of the Bavarian Red Cross and Honorary President of the German Red Cross
Scheidegg, Bavaria Heimenkirch Liebherr Group March of Millions Dresden (2006 film) Roman Catholic Diocese of Augsburg Tobias Steinhauser Bodolz Hergensweiler Nonnenhorn Oberreute Stiefenhofen
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