Hergensweiler is a municipality in the district of Lindau

Lindau (district)

Lindau is a Landkreis or rural district in Bavaria, Germany; its capital is the city of Lindau. It is bounded by the district of Oberallgäu, Austria , Lake Constance and the state of Baden-Württemberg .-History:The city of Lindau became a Free Imperial City in the 13th century; it was...

 in Bavaria

Bavaria

Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

 in Germany

Germany

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. It is member of the municipal association of Sigmarszell

Sigmarszell

Sigmarszell is a municipality in the district of Lindau in Bavaria in Germany....

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History

Hergensweiler was most likely founded about 800 AD by the Alemanni. It persumably owes its name to the Alemannic Hergen.
Hergensweiler was an Amt of the free imperial city

Free Imperial City

In the Holy Roman Empire, a free imperial city was a city formally ruled by the emperor only — as opposed to the majority of cities in the Empire, which were governed by one of the many princes of the Empire, such as dukes or prince-bishops...

 of Lindau and was assigned to the sovereigns of Bretzenheim

Bretzenheim

Bretzenheim was a minor Principality in pre-Napoleonic Germany. It was created in 1790 for Charles Augustus of the line of Wittelsbach-Bretzenheim. Its territory in central Germany was mediatised to Hesse-Darmstadt in 1803, and its territory north of Lake Constance was mediatised to Austria in...

 by the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss (Principal Conclusion of the Extraordinary Imperial Delegation) in 1803 as part of the new formed principality of Lindau. They exchanged it to Austria

Austria

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 in 1804, which had to assign it to Bavaraia 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 Georg Betz (Gemeinschaftsliste).

The revenue from the municipal tax added up to 902,000 € in 1999, of which the net business tax amounted to 342,000 €.

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