Unterallgäu

Unterallgäu
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Adm. region	Swabia
Capital	Mindelheim
Government
• District admin.	Alex Eder (FW)
Area
• Total	1,229.2 km2 (474.6 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2023) [1]
• Total	151,838
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	MN
Website	http://www.unterallgaeu.de

Unterallgäu is a Landkreis (district) in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Neu-Ulm, Günzburg, Augsburg, Ostallgäu, Oberallgäu, and the districts Ravensburg und Biberach in Baden-Württemberg. The district-free city Memmingen in the west of the district is nearly surrounded by the district. The capital of the district is Mindelheim.

Geography

The district is located in the Allgäu, the northern foothills of the Alps. The river Iller forms part of the western boundary of the district.

History

The district was created July 1, 1972 by merging the previous districts Mindelheim and Memmingen. Mindelheim is the administrative seat of the new district.

Partnerships

The district started a partnership with the Polish Gostyn County in 2001.

Coat of arms

The rose in the left of the coat of arms is the symbol of the abbey of Ottobeuren, which ruled the southern part of the district. The fleur-de-lis in the right stands for the Fugger family, who owned several estates in the district. To the bottom are the Bavarian lozenges, to symbolize that the area became part of Bavaria in 1814.

Towns and municipalities

Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district

Towns Bad Wörishofen Mindelheim Märkte Babenhausen Bad Grönenbach Dirlewang Erkheim Kirchheim in Schwaben Legau Markt Rettenbach Markt Wald Ottobeuren Pfaffenhausen Türkheim Tussenhausen

Verwaltungsgemeinschaften Babenhausen Boos Dirlewang Erkheim Bad Grönenbach Kirchheim (Schwaben) Memmingerberg Ottobeuren Pfaffenhausen Türkheim

Municipalities Amberg Apfeltrach Benningen Böhen Boos Breitenbrunn Buxheim Egg an der Günz Eppishausen Ettringen Fellheim Hawangen Heimertingen Holzgünz Kammlach Kettershausen Kirchhaslach Kronburg Lachen Lauben Lautrach Memmingerberg Niederrieden Oberrieden Oberschönegg Pleß Rammingen Salgen Sontheim Stetten Trunkelsberg Ungerhausen Unteregg Westerheim Wiedergeltingen Winterrieden Wolfertschwenden Woringen

References

1. Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).

External links

• Official website (German)
• Orchids in Allgäu

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