Ostallgäu - DE27B

EU regions: Germany > Bavaria > Swabia > Ostallgäu

indicator	period	value
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	2016	109
number of inhabitants	2019	140 316
population density	2017	101.2
old-age dependency ratio	2019	32.7

* Ostallgäu slovensky: DE27B

From wikipedia:

Ostallgäu is a Landkreis (district) in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Oberallgäu, Unterallgäu, Augsburg, Landsberg, Weilheim-Schongau and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and by the Austrian state of Tyrol. The town of Kaufbeuren is enclosed by but does not belong to the district.

History

Before 1803 the region was split into several tiny states, most of them clerical states. When these states were dissolved in 1803, the Ostallgäu region became part of Bavaria. The kings of Bavaria soon evolved a special relationship with the region and built their famous castles of Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein there.

The district was established in 1972 by merging the former districts of Kaufbeuren, Marktoberdorf and Füssen.

Geography

„Ostallgäu“ literally means „Eastern Allgäu“. The term Allgäu is applied to the part of the Alps located in Swabia and their northern foothills.

The district extends from the crest of the Alps to hilly countryside in the north.

other: Swabia, Augsburg, Kaufbeuren, Kempten, Memmingen, Aichach-Friedberg, Augsburg, Dillingen, Günzburg, Neu-Ulm, Lindau, Ostallgäu, Unterallgäu, Donau-Ries, Oberallgäu

neighbours: Außerfern, Kaufbeuren, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Landsberg, Weilheim-Schongau, Augsburg, Unterallgäu, Oberallgäu

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