Unterthingau

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Unterthingau is a market in the Swabian district Ostallgaeu and office of the Management Community Unterthingau.

  • 3.1 Mayor
  • 3.2 Coat of Arms
  • 3.3 Town twinning
  • 4.1 monuments
  • 4.2 Attractions 4.2.1 Unterthingau
  • 4.2.2 Oberthingau
  • 4.2.3 Reinhardsried
  • 4.2.4 Additional points of interest
  • 5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
  • 5.2 traffic
  • 5.3 Formation
  • Born 6.1 Unterthingau
  • 6.2 Other personalities related to Unterthingau

Geography

Unterthingau lies in the Allgäu region and is traversed by the Kirnach. Due to the location of the Allgäu- cycle path.

There are the following districts: Oberthingau, Reinhardsried, Unterthingau.

History

The first written mention is found in a donation of Otto the Great as a " Tiuoningouvue " who gave the place to the monastery of Kempten, which promoted the clearing and this area in the following years. Bishop Ulrich of Augsburg gave 950 a farm in Thingau to the monastery of Kempten and is said to have consecrated a church in the year 963 here. The first pastor a Odalrich de Tonego is around 1100 handed. The place name Thingau is attributed to the person's name Tuono, a differentiation in the lower and Oberthingau is detectable from 1357. Unterthingau was since 1465 the seat of a village court of the Prince- pin Kempten. Unterthingau got 1485 by Emperor Frederick III. market rights awarded with important features right. With the Imperial Diet of 1803 the place came with the Pflegamt Thingau to Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in the Kingdom of Bavaria was born with the congregation of 1818 today, then independent municipality. In 1873, a divided Unterthingau the district office market Oberndorf and the district court Oberguenzburg. As part of local government reform in the county market Oberndorf was dissolved Unterthingau since heard to the newly formed county Ostallgaeu.

Religions

The Catholic parishioners of the market belong to the Catholic parishes of St. Nicholas for the districts Unterthingau and Reinhardsried and St. Stephan for Oberthingau. The parish church of St. Martin Kraftisried is a branch church of St. Nicholas. The parish of St. Nicholas Unterthingau consists of the political communities Unterthingau and Kraftisried.

Since September 2011, these parishes and branches form a parish community, together with the parish of St. Oswald Görisried. Director is Rev. Edward Wastag. Deacon Andreas Fischer is pastoral staff of the parish community.

The Lutheran congregation members in the districts Unterthingau and Reinhardsried belong to the comprising approx 1,350 people parish Oberguenzburg consisting of the political communities Oberguenzburg, Günzach, Ronsberg Untrasried, Hopferbach, Reinhardsried, Kraftisried and Unterthingau. In the district Oberthingau the Protestant inhabitants of the parish Marktoberdorf belong to.

Furthermore, there are members of other Christian groups, as well as Muslims.

Incorporations

Took place on 1 January 1978 as part of local government reform, the incorporation of the communities Reinhardsried and Oberthingau in the market Unterthingau.

Population Development

Policy

Mayor

Mayor is Bernhard Dolp ( choice community " Commercial and employees ").

The municipal tax revenue amounted to € 1.067 million equivalent in 1999, which amounted to the trade tax revenues ( net) converted € 157,000.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows in blue two red poppies at diagonally crossed, leafy green stems.

Twinning

There are no twinning.

Culture and sights

Monuments

Attractions

Unterthingau

  • Unterthingau Castle from the 16th century, houses the local government, the community and parish library and various clubs pilgrimage church St. Stephan Oberthingau.
  • Parish Church of St. Nicholas, from the 14th century
  • St Mary of Consolation

Oberthingau

  • Pilgrimage Church of St. Stephen
  • St Mary of the Patrona Bavariae in Ried bei Oberthingau

Reinhardsried

  • Branch Church of St. Anna

Additional points of interest

  • Soul chapel on the Seelenberg

Within the districts, there are some archaeological monuments that bear witness to Fliehburgen and other medieval buildings.

Economy and infrastructure

Economy, agriculture and forestry

It was in 1998 according to official statistics in the field of agriculture and forestry twelve, in the manufacturing sector and 162 in the area of ​​trade and transport 63 persons work at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the workplace 94 people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 898 in the manufacturing sector, there were three, two companies in the construction industry. In addition, in 1999, there were 117 farms with an agricultural area of 2,565 ha, of which 2,563 ha of permanent green space.

Traffic

Unterthingau is located on the main road 12, which now passes slightly off the place.

Education

In 1999 the following institutions existed:

  • Kindergartens: 100 kindergarten places with 87 children
  • Elementary schools: 1 with 23 teachers and 459 students

Personalities

Born in Unterthingau

  • Castolus Reichlin of Meldegg (* 1743, † 1804), Prince-Abbot of the last prince pen in Kempten ( 1793-1803 )
  • Gaby Schuster ( born 1948 ), writer

Other personalities related to Unterthingau

  • Johann Mühlegg, former German winter sports ( cross country skiing ), who lived in Unterthingau several years.
  • Erwin Haas, World Champion Senior cross-country skiing
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