Hergatz is a municipality in the district of

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. 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

Hergatz is located in the Westallgäu. The districts of Grod, Beuren, Möllen, Wohmbrechts and Hergatz are located at the Bundesstraße 12 (federal road 12)

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- Lindau, approximately 20 km from Lindau. The B 12 forms a cross-town link in Wohmbrechts. The districts of Grod, Staudach and Handwerks border on the upper Argen, a river, which rises north of

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from several brooks, merges with the lower Argen near Neuravensburg and disembogues into

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near

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. In Muthen the railroad line crosses the small river Leiblach. The Tyrolean salt road from Bad Reichenhall and

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goes through the district of Wohmbrechts.

Culture and infrastructure

In Hergatz the ''"westallgäuerische"'' dialect is spoken, with influences of the Swabian dialect.

Transport

Hergatz station Hergatz station is the station of the Bavarian town of Hergatz. It has three platforms sidings and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station. The station is served by about 75 trains daily operated by Deutsche Bahn and Regentalbahn. ...

, which is on the Buchloe–Lindau and Lindau-Kißlegg lines, is located in the district of Hergatz. Trains leave for Lindau,

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(through Memmingen) and München (through Kempten) every 1–2 hours. In former times there also were stopping places in the districts of Wohmbrechts and Maria-Thann.

References

External links

Vacation in Hergatz
{{Authority control Lindau (district)