Argenbühl is a municipality in the district of Ravensburg,

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

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. No actual town or urban settlement is called Argenbühl; rather, the municipality is an administrative amalgamation of several neighbouring villages with different names. The municipal administrative headquarters are located in the village of Eisenharz, with local branch offices also in the villages of Christazhofen, Eglofs, and Ratzenried. Geographically, it lies in the western part of the

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region of the

Allgäu The Allgäu (Standard German: , also Allgovia) is a region in Swabia in southern Germany. It covers the south of Bavarian Swabia, southeastern Baden-Württemberg, and parts of Austria. The region stretches from the pre-alpine lands up to the A ...

, which in turn is part of the larger geographical region of

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in southern Germany. Argenbühl borders the municipalities of

Kißlegg Kißlegg (''Kisslegg'') is a town in the district of Ravensburg in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Kißlegg is not far from the village of Vogt. It has a beautiful church, rich in culture and beauty. Culture and attractions * Castle ''Altes Schlo ...

and Leutkirch im Allgäu to the north,

Wangen im Allgäu Wangen im Allgäu ( Low Alemannic: ''Wãnge'') is a historic city in southeast Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies north-east of Lake Constance in the Westallgäu. It is the second-largest city (Population: 26,927 in 2020) in the Ravensburg dist ...

to the west,

Isny im Allgäu Isny im Allgäu ( Low Alemannic: ''Isny im Allgai'') is a town in south-eastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is part of the district of Ravensburg, in the western, Württembergish part of the Allgäu region. Isny was a Free Imperial City (' ...

to the east, and the

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n municipalities of

Hergatz Hergatz is a municipality in the district of Lindau in Bavaria in Germany. The contemporary town was formed from the former municipalities of Wohmbrechts and Maria-Thann in the course of the municipal reform at the end of the 1970s. Geography Her ...

Heimenkirch Heimenkirch is a municipality in the district of Lindau in Bavaria in Germany. Geography Heimenkirch is located in the Allgäu region. It consists of the subdivisions of Aspach, Berg, Biesenberg, Dreiheiligen, Engenberg, Geigersthal, Hofs, Kappe ...

Röthenbach (Allgäu) Röthenbach (Allgäu) is a municipality in the administrative region of Swabia Lindau district and seat of the municipal association Röthenbach. Geography Röthenbach (Allgäu) is located in the Allgäu region. The municipality lies between ...

, and

Gestratz Gestratz is a municipality in the district of Lindau in Bavaria in Germany. Geography Gestratz is located in the Allgäu region. Smaller hamlets like Brugg, Thalendorf, Altensberg, Horben, Kenners, Zwirkenberg, Altenburg, Rutzen, Rauen, Ried, Sc ...

to the south. The name comes from the

Argen The Argen is a river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It flows into Lake Constance between Kressbronn am Bodensee and Langenargen as the third largest tributary to the lake. It is long; if one includes the Obere Argen and its source river See ...

River, whose two main constituent streams delimit part of the municipality's borders, and ''Bühl'', which is a Southern German word for "hill", reflecting the municipality's hilly landscape.

Geography

Argenbühl lies at an altitude from 662 to 761 m (2172 to 2497 ft)

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, between the cities of Wangen and Isny. The municipality includes the following settlements (2006 population data): * Christazhofen (943 inhabitants, 15.44 km² / 5.96 mi²) * Eglofs (1496 inhabitants, 23.40 km² / 9.03 mi²) * Eisenharz (1446 inhabitants, 13.38 km² / 5.17 mi²) * Göttlishofen (490 inhabitants, 7.22 km² / 2.79 mi²) * Ratzenried (1171 inhabitants, 13.77 km² / 5.32 mi²) * Siggen (171 inhabitants, 3.17 km² / 1.22 mi²)

History

The municipality of Argenbühl has existed since 1 January 1972, when the previously independent municipalities of Christazhofen, Eglofs, Eisenharz, Göttlishofen, Ratzenried, and Siggen were merged into the present one. Their history is told in great detail in the ''Description of the Wangen Administrative District (Beschreibung des Oberamts Wangen)'', published in 1841. In 1810, all the above-mentioned communities came under the jurisdiction of the Wangen district, which in 1973 became part of the Ravensburg district. File:Eglofa 2.jpg, Eglofs File:Christazhofen.jpg, Christazhofen File:Eisenharz.jpg, Eisenharz File:Ratzenried.jpg, Ratzenried File:Siggen Argenbühl.JPG, Siggen File:St. Georg Ratzenried 2.jpg,

Saint George Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin: Georgius, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition he was a soldier ...

's church, Ratzenried File:Rundkapelle Eisenharz.jpg, Round Chapel of Eisenharz

Religion

Argenbühl has six

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

parishes. The region's few

Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...

followers attend their church in nearby

Politics

Municipal council

The election for the municipal council (''Gemeinderat'') on 7 June 2009 had the following results: # CDU 68.6% - 12 seats (-1) #Independent 31.4% - 5 seats (+2)

Sister towns

Capannoli Capannoli is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southwest of Florence and about southeast of Pisa. Capannoli borders the following municipalities: Casciana Terme Lari, Palaia, Pecci ...

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Cieszanów Cieszanów ( uk, Тішанів or Цішанів or Чесанів, ''Tishaniv ''or'' Tsishaniv ''or'' Chesaniv''; yi, ציעשאנאָוו ''Tsyeshanov'') is a town in Lubaczów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland. As of December 2021, ...

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* Berbisdorf (part of

Radeburg Radeburg is a town in the district of Meißen, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 19 km east of Meißen, and 18 km north of Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital c ...

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The municipality is linked by bus lines to neighbouring cities, such as Leutkirch, Isny, and Wangen. The lines are operated by the

Lake Constance Lake Constance (german: Bodensee, ) refers to three Body of water, bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (''Obersee''), Lower Lake Constance (''Untersee''), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, ca ...

Upper Swabia Upper Swabia (german: Oberschwaben or ) is a region in Germany in the federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria.''Brockhaus Enzyklopädie.'' 19. Auflage. Band 16, 1991, p. 72. The name refers to the area between the Sw ...

Local Transport Administration (''Bodensee-Oberschwaben Verkehrsverbund''), popularly known a
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In the past, a stop of the

–

railway branch was in Ratzenried.

Education

Eglofs and Ratzenried have each an elementary and a general secondary school (''

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'') that also works as a ''

Werkrealschule Werkrealschule is a relatively young branch of German secondary education (e.g. in Baden-Württemberg), which offers pupils additional lessons in grades 8 and 9 and allows them to qualify after ten years with a final exam which is equal to graduatio ...

''. In Christazhofen and Eisenharz are only elementary schools. Four kindergartens also are in the municipality.

Culture and sights

Museums

The village of Ratzenried has a local history museum, while Eglofs hosts the Allgäu-Swabian Music Archive (''Allgäu-Schwäbische Musikarchiv''). In 2009, a museum was also opened in Eisenharz, with exhibits about the history of the place and the local dairy industry of the Wunderlich and

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companies.

Notable buildings

* The Eglofs

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church is part of the

Upper Swabian Baroque Route The Upper Swabian Baroque Route (''Oberschwäbische Barockstraße'') is a tourist theme route through Upper Swabia, following the themes of "nature, culture, baroque". The route has a length of about 500 km (approximately 310 miles). It was ...

(''Oberschwäbische Barockstraße''). * The castle at Ratzenried is the administrative headquarters of th
Humboldt-Institut
language school conglomerate. * The Round Chapel of Eisenharz is a

medieval In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the Post-classical, post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with t ...

chapel A chapel is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. Firstly, smaller spaces inside a church that have their own altar are often called chapels; the Lady chapel is a common ty ...

that is the destination of a yearly

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Catholic

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Notable people

* Gebhard of Razenried (1583–1652),

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priest, rector of the

Eichstätt Eichstätt () is a town in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the district of Eichstätt. It is located on the Altmühl river and has a population of around 13,000. Eichstätt is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese ...

Jesuit College from 1621–1631 and from 1637 of the Augsburg collegeFranz Sales Romstöck: ''Zur Statistik des Jesuiten-Collegiums in Eichstätt''. Eichstätt, 1902, S. 8; Bernhard Duhr: ''Geschichte der Jesuiten in den Ländern deutscher Zunge''. 2. Bd., 1. Teil, Freiburg i. Br. 1913, S. 228, 239, 610. * Konstantin Rösch (1869–1944),

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* Anton Kulmus (1900-1989), developer and manufacturer of agricultural vehicles * Anton Morent (1924–2006), transportation entrepreneur *

Helmut Maucher Helmut Oswald Maucher (9 December 1927 – 5 March 2018) was a German businessman. He served as the CEO of Nestlé from June 1990 to June 1997. He joined the company at a young age, completing an apprenticeship at the Nestlé SA factory in Ei ...

(1927-2018), former CEO of

References

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