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Back wood 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 Education

Geography

Rear wood lies in the Allgäu region in Lakeland at the foot of the Allgäu Alps.

There is only the district back wood. Other districts are chunk Gschwenden, Eiterberg, fish house, agoutis, Gugge mosses, Hirschbühl, treble, Hollen, wood, wooden people, kessa, Lerchegg, Luimoos, Upper Prost, Otten, courtyard, beautiful forest, Schwalten, sailors, barn, office, Treffisried, trolls, and sub- Prost.

History

Rear wood was in the Middle Ages seat of a dominion that the St. Mang's Abbey feet belonged since 1474. The seat of the Upper and Lower Court fell in the kingdom in 1803 at the Prince of Oettingen- Wallerstein. 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 church back wood.

The rule Falkensberg, 1512 in the possession of the Emperor Maximilian, was for up to its dissolution in 1610 also part of the current municipal area of rear wood. The castle itself was canceled in 1593, at the court Schlossbauer remember a picture and a memorial stone.

Population Development

On the territory of the municipality were 1970 600, 1987, 726 and 2000 counted 827 inhabitants in the year. In 2005, the number of inhabitants is about 839 of them in place back wood about 450 inhabitants and 24 hamlets in a population of 400.

Policy

Mayor is Xavier Boos ( CSU / CDU).

The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of € 277,000 in 1999, which amounted to the trade tax revenues ( net) converted € 39,000.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: In red is a growing mountain of silver Three golden Abtstab.

Attractions

• Parish Church of St. George ( built before 1465, expanded 1740)
• Mariengrotte (built 1893)

→ List of monuments in back wood

Economy and infrastructure

Economy, agriculture and forestry

It was in 1998 according to official statistics in the manufacturing sector and 90 in the area of ​​trade and transport any social insurance contributions at the workplace. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 259 in the manufacturing sector, there were four, in the construction industry do not have. In addition, in 1999, there were 68 farms with an agricultural area of 1,447 ha, of which 1,446 ha of permanent green space.

Education

In 2009 the following institutions existed:

Kindergartens: 27 kindergarten places with 24 children