Hergensweiler is a municipality in the district of
Lindau
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in
Bavaria
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in
Germany
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. It is member of the
municipal association
Municipal associations (german: Verwaltungsgemeinschaften) are statutory corporations or public bodies created by statute in the German federal states of Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia, and Schleswig-Holstein. In Baden-Württemberg the term ''stipul ...
of
Sigmarszell
Sigmarszell is a municipality in the district of Lindau in Bavaria in Germany. It lies on the border with Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lyin ...
.
Geography
Hergensweiler 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.
History
Hergensweiler was most likely founded about 800 AD by the
Alemanni
The Alemanni or Alamanni, were a confederation of Germanic tribes
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on the Upper Rhine River. First mentioned by Cassius Dio in the context of the campaign of Caracalla of 213, the Alemanni captured the in 260, and later expanded into pres ...
. It presumably owes its name to the Alemannic Hergen. Hergensweiler was an
Amt
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of the
free imperial city
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of Lindau and was assigned to the sovereigns of
Bretzenheim
Bretzenheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Langenlonsheim- ...
by the
Reichsdeputationshauptschluss
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(Principal Conclusion of the Extraordinary Imperial Delegation) in 1803 as part of the new formed principality of Lindau. They exchanged it to
Austria
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in 1804, which had to assign it to Bavaria in 1805.
Population development
In 1970 1,098, in 1987 1,391 and in 2000 1,660 inhabitants were living in the municipality of Heimenkirch.
Politics
The mayor of Hergensweiler is Wolfgang Strohmaier, in office since 2014.
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The revenue from the municipal tax added up to 902,000 € in 1999, of which the net business tax amounted to 342,000 €.
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Economy and infrastructure
Economy, agriculture and forestry
According to the official statistics, in 1998 there were 16 employees who were subject to social insurance contribution in the sector of agriculture and forestry, 310 in the industrial sector and 19 in the sector of trade and transport at place of work. In miscellaneous sectors there were 37 people employed at place of work. At pace of domicile there were 517 employees altogether. In the industrial sector there were none, in the main construction trade three businesses. Moreover, there were 40 agricultural businesses in 1999 with a total area of 640 ha.
Education
In 1999 the following institutions existed:
*Kindergartens: 50 kindergarten spaces with 49 children
*One elementary school with 5 teachers and 103 students
References
{{Authority control
Lindau (district)