Wald (Allgäu)

Wald is a municipality in Ostallgäu in Bavaria in Germany.

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Coat of arms of Wald
Location of Wald (Allgäu) within Ostallgäu district
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Coordinates: 47°43′N 10°33′E / 47.717°N 10.550°E / 47.717; 10.550Coordinates: 47°43′N 10°33′E / 47.717°N 10.550°E / 47.717; 10.550
CountryGermany
StateBavaria
Admin. regionSchwaben
DistrictOstallgäu
Government
 • Mayor (2020–26) Johanna Purschke[1]
Area
 • Total17.97 km2 (6.94 sq mi)
Elevation
800 m (2,600 ft)
Population
 (2016-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,135
 • Density63.16/km2 (163.59/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
87616
Vehicle registrationOAL
Websitewww.wald-allgaeu.de

The village Wald is in the Allgäu region. Wald belongs to the administrative community Seeg and is in Bavarian Swabia.

Wald includes many surrounding hamlets: Barnstein, Bergers, Birngschwend, Geigers, Gemmels, houses, Herring, Hofen, Holzmanns, Kaltenbrunn, Kaufmanns, Kippach, Klosterhof, Neupolz, Öbele, Ofen, Stechele, Wetzlers, Wies, Wimberg.

Sights

Other websites

  • "Wald: History of the coat-of-arms" (in Deutsch). Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte.
  • Wald (Allgäu): Official statistics compiled by the Bavarian State Office of Statistics (LfStat) (PDF; 1,05 MB)

References