Heimenkirch 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
Heimenkirch is located in 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 ...
region. It consists of the subdivisions of Aspach, Berg, Biesenberg, Dreiheiligen, Engenberg, Geigersthal, Hofs, Kappen, Mapprechts, Meckatz, Menzen, Mothen, Oberhäuser, Ober- und Unterried, Riedhirsch, Syrgenstein, Wolfertshofen, and Zwiesele. In some districts Heimenkirch has the same area code (07566) as
Leutkirch, which is away.
History
Heimenkirch owes its name to a Germanic sovereign called Heimo. Before becoming part of Bavaria, Heimenkirch belonged to
Austria
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. At that time it was part of the Austrian authority of
Bregenz-Hohenegg. Since the signing of the peace treaties of Brünn and
Preßburg in 1805, the town has belonged to Bavaria. During the administrative reforms in Bavaria the contemporary municipality was formed by the ''"Gemeindeedikt"'' of 1818.
Population development
Heimenkirch had 2,845 residents in 1970, 3,093 in 1987, and 3,586 in 2000.
Politics
The mayor of Heimenkirch is Markus Reichart (Greens). His deputies are Albert Lau and Angela Fessler.
Seating in the municipal council:
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CSU: 7 seats
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FW: 7 seats
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SPD
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Saskia Esken has been t ...
: 1 seats
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Grüne: 1 seat
The revenue from the municipal tax added up to 3,345,000 € in 1999, of which the net business tax amounted to 1,761,000 €.
Sister town
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Balassagyarmat,
Hungary
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Economy and infrastructure
Economy, agriculture and forestry
According to the official statistics, in 1998 there were seven employees who were subject to social insurance contribution in the sector of agriculture and forestry, 1,456 in the industrial sector and 31 in the sector of trade and transport at place of work. In miscellaneous sectors there were 131 people employed at place of work. At place of domicile there were 1,328 employees altogether. In the industrial sector there were two, in the main construction trade eight businesses. Moreover, there were 80 agricultural businesses in 1999 with a total area of 1,428 ha.
Resident businesses
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Hochland SE: cheese dairy
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Meckatzer Löwenbräu: brewery in the district of Meckatz
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Holdenried Reisen: travel business, which is active nationwide, especially for cruises
Transportation
Heimenkirch has a train station, which reopened in 2010.
Notable people
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Günter Bentele
Günter Bentele (born 24 March 1948 in Heimenkirch) is professor of Public Relations at the University of Leipzig. Between 1989 and 1994 he taught at the University of Bamberg
The University of Bamberg (german: Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bam ...
, professor of public relations
References
External links
Website about Heimenkirch
{{Authority control
Lindau (district)