Oberstaufen Explained

Image Coa:DEU Oberstaufen COA.svg
Coordinates:47.5542°N 10.0231°W
Image Plan:Oberstaufen in OA.svg
State:Bayern
Region:Schwaben
District:Oberallgäu
Elevation:791
Area:125.84
Postal Code:87534
Area Code:08386
Licence:OA
Gemeindeschlüssel:09 7 80 132
Mayor:Martin Beckel[1]
Leader Term:2020 - 26
Website:www.oberstaufen.info

Oberstaufen (Low Alemannic: Schtoufe) is a municipality in the district of Oberallgäu in Bavarian Swabia, Germany, situated on the B 308 road from Lindau to Immenstadt.

History

It is first mentioned as Stoufun in AD 868. Historically in Swabia (Alemannia), it became part of Bavaria in 1805 with the Peace of Pressburg.

As a result of a marketing campaign by the Oberstaufen tourism industry, Oberstaufen became the first German town for which Google Street View was made available on November 2, 2010.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden