Maierhöfen is a municipality in the district of
Lindau
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in
Bavaria
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in
Germany
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.
Geography
Maierhöfen is located in the
Westallgäu
Westallgäu is the western part of the Allgäu in Germany. It contains large parts of the districts of Lindau (district), Lindau in the south west of the region, Swabia in Bavaria and the district of Ravensburg (district), Ravensburg in the south ...
,
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 ...
region.
History
Before becoming a part of Bavaria, Maierhöfen belonged to Austria as a part of the Bregenz-Hohenegg authority. Since the signing of the peace treaties of Brünn and
Preßburg in 1805 the town belongs to Bavaria. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria the contemporary municipality was formed by the ''"Gemeindeedikt"'' of 1818.
Population development
In 1970 1,133, in 1987 1,306 and in 2000 1,503 inhabitants were living in the municipality of Gestratz.
Politics
The mayor of the town is Martin Schwarz (Wählergemeinschaft).
The revenue from the municipal tax added up to 434,000 € in 1999, of which the net business tax amounted to 28,000 €.
Culture and notable sights
* Eistobel
* Hengelesweiher
* Ski lifts at the Flucken and Iberg
Economy and infrastructure
Economy, agriculture and forestry
According to the official statistics, in 1998 there were 62 employees who were subject to social insurance contribution in the industrial sector and none the sector of trade and transport at place of work. In miscellaneous sectors there were 242 people employed at place of work. At place of domicile there were 375 employees altogether. In the industrial sector there were none, in the main construction trade six businesses. Moreover, there were 60 agricultural businesses in 1999 with a total area of 1,150 ha.
Education
In 1999 there were the following institutions:
*Kindergartens: 50 kindergarten places with 52 children
Notable people
Notable people living in Maierhöfen
*
René Giessen
René Giessen (born 24 December 1944, Prague) is a German musician, composer and conductor.
Giessen is widely known for playing the harmonica in various cover-versions of the title melody of famous German Winnetou-movies from the 1960s starrin ...
(born 1944), German musician
References
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Lindau (district)