Wald (Allgäu)

Municipality in Bavaria, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Wald (Allgäu) within Ostallgäu district

(2020–26) Johanna Purschke^[1]Area

• Total17.97 km² (6.94 sq mi)Elevation

800 m (2,600 ft)Population

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total1,173 • Density65/km² (170/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

87616

Dialling codes09463Vehicle registrationOALWebsitewww.wald-allgaeu.de

Wald (German pronunciation: [valt] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Ostallgäu in Bavaria in Germany.

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

The state-recognized recreational resort 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

Weiher (ponds) of Wald
Wald from the air from the southeast
Wald from northwest
Wertachschlucht near Wald
Wald - Church tower after fire, January 2012
Wald at night, December 2012

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wald (Allgäu).

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

References

^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).