Oberallgäu is a Landkreis (district) in Swabia , Bavaria , Germany . It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Unterallgäu and Ostallgäu , the Austrian states Tyrol and Vorarlberg , the district of Lindau , and the state of Baden-Württemberg (district Ravensburg ). The city of Kempten is enclosed by but does not belong to the district.
5-659: Wertach is a small town in the Oberallgäu district, southern Bavaria , Germany . It is located in the German Alps , situated on the river Wertach , southeast of Kempten . The town was the childhood home of the writer W. G. Sebald . Wertach was first mentioned in 955 and received in 1423 the town privileges. The market Wertach belonged to the Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg . Since the German mediatization and
10-468: Is consequently sometimes claimed that Kempten is the oldest town in Germany. In medieval times Kempten was a free imperial city, and the surrounding lands became subordinate to the lords of Staufen and the counts of Rothenfels. Both ceased to exist in the beginning of the 19th century, when Napoleon handed these territories over to Bavaria. The district of Oberallgäu was established in 1972 by merging
15-635: The former districts of Sonthofen and Kempten. Oberallgäu is the southernmost district of Germany. "Oberallgäu" literally means "Upper Allgäu". The term Allgäu is applied to the part of the Alps located in Swabia and their northern foothills. In the very south of the district are some of the highest mountains of the Allgäu, culminating in the Hochfrottspitze (2,649 m). Blender , which rises to 1,072 m,
20-513: The local elections in March 2014 The council of Wertach has 14 members. This Oberallgäu location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Oberallg%C3%A4u Human settlement dates back to the Bronze Age , when Celtic peoples inhabited the region. The Romans established a military camp which grew to become the city of Cambodunum, the present Kempten. It
25-538: The secularization of 1803 the place belongs to Bavaria . As part of the administrative reforms in the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Gemeindeedikt of 1818 [ de ] the current municipality was formed. In 1893 a fire destroyed most of the town, with only a few houses surviving. Blazon (description): "In green an obliquely left silver wave beam which is occupied by three black mill wheels." Result of
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