Ottobeuren Explained

Image Coa:DEU Ottobeuren COA.svg
Coordinates:47.9414°N 10.2994°W
Image Plan:Ottobeuren in MN.svg
State:Bayern
Region:Swabia
District:Unterallgäu
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft:Ottobeuren
Elevation:669
Area:55.85
Postal Code:87724
Area Code:08332
Licence:MN
Gemeindeschlüssel:09 7 78 186
Website:www.ottobeuren.de
Mayor:German Fries[1]
Leader Term:2020 - 26
Party:FW

Ottobeuren (Swabian: Ottobeire, Medieval Latin: Ottobura)[2] is a market town and municipality in Bavaria, Germany, located 11 km southeast of Memmingen near the A7. It is famous for Ottobeuren Abbey, situated next to the Basilica. The town is seat of a municipal association with Hawangen and Böhen.

The musicologist Manfred Hermann Schmid was born in Ottobeuren.

Twin towns — sister cities

Ottobeuren is twinned with:

Notes and References

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