Unterallgäu is a Kreis in the southwestern part of Bavaria

Bavaria

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, Germany

Germany

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. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Neu-Ulm

Neu-Ulm (district)

Neu-Ulm is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Günzburg and Unterallgäu and the state of Baden-Württemberg ....

, Günzburg

Günzburg (district)

Günzburg is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Dillingen, Augsburg, Unterallgäu and Neu-Ulm, and by the state of Baden-Württemberg ....

, Augsburg

Augsburg (district)

Augsburg is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the city of Augsburg and the districts of Aichach-Friedberg, Landsberg, Ostallgäu, Unterallgäu, Günzburg, Dillingen and Donau-Ries...

, Ostallgäu

Ostallgäu

Ostallgäu is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Oberallgäu, Unterallgäu, Augsburg, Landsberg, Weilheim-Schongau and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and by the Austrian state of Tyrol...

, Oberallgäu

Oberallgäu

Oberallgäu is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Unterallgäu and Ostallgäu, the Austrian states Tyrol and Vorarlberg, the district of Lindau, and the state of Baden-Württemberg...

, and the districts Ravensburg

Ravensburg (district)

Ravensburg is a district in the south-east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Bodensee, Sigmaringen and Biberach, the Bavarian urban district Memmingen and the districts Unterallgäu, Oberallgäu and Lindau.-History:The district dates back to the Oberamt Ravensburg, which was...

 und Biberach

Biberach (district)

Biberach is a district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Ravensburg, Sigmaringen, Reutlingen and Alb-Donau, and the Bavarian districts Neu-Ulm, Unterallgäu and the district-free city Memmingen...

 in Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

. The district-free city Memmingen

Memmingen

Memmingen is a town in the Bavarian administrative region of Swabia in Germany. It is the central economic, educational and administrative centre in the Danube-Iller region. To the west the town is flanked by the Iller, the river that marks the Baden-Württemberg border...

 in the west of the district is nearly surrounded by the district. The capital of the district is Mindelheim

Mindelheim

Mindelheim is a town in the German Bundesland of Bavaria. The town is the capital of the Unterallgäu district. At various points in history it was the chief settlement of an eponymous state.- Geography :...

.

Geography

The district is located in the Allgäu, the northern foothills of the Alps

Alps

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. The river Iller

Iller

The Iller is a river in Bavaria, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Danube, 147 km in length.The source is located near Oberstdorf in the Allgäu region of the Alps, close to the Austrian border. From there it runs northwards, passing the towns of Sonthofen, Immenstadt, and Kempten...

 forms part of the western boundary of the district.

History

The district was created July 1, 1972 by merging the previous districts Mindelheim and Memmingen. Mindelheim

Mindelheim

Mindelheim is a town in the German Bundesland of Bavaria. The town is the capital of the Unterallgäu district. At various points in history it was the chief settlement of an eponymous state.- Geography :...

 is the administrative seat of the new district.

Partnerships

The district started a partnership with the Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 Gostyn County

Gostyn County

Gostyń County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Gostyń, which lies ...

 in 2001.

Coat of arms

The rose in the left of the coat of arms is the symbol of the abbey of Ottobeuren, which ruled the southern part of the district. The fleur-de-lis

Fleur-de-lis

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 in the right stands for the Fugger

Fugger

The Fugger family was a historically prominent group of European bankers, members of the fifteenth and sixteenth-century mercantile patriciate of Augsburg, international mercantile bankers, and venture capitalists like the Welser and the Höchstetter families. This banking family replaced the de'...

 family, who owned several estates in the district. To the bottom are the Bavarian lozenges, to symbolize that the area became part of Bavaria in 1814.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Verwaltungsgemeinschaften	Municipalities
Bad Wörishofen Bad Wörishofen Bad Wörishofen is a spa town in the district Unterallgäu, Bavaria Germany known for the water-cure developed by Sebastian Kneipp , a Catholic priest, who lived there for 42 years... Mindelheim Mindelheim Mindelheim is a town in the German Bundesland of Bavaria. The town is the capital of the Unterallgäu district. At various points in history it was the chief settlement of an eponymous state.- Geography :... Märkte Babenhausen Babenhausen, Bavaria Babenhausen is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Bad Grönenbach Bad Grönenbach Bad Grönenbach is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Dirlewang Dirlewang Dirlewang is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Erkheim Erkheim Erkheim is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Kirchheim in Schwaben Kirchheim in Schwaben Kirchheim is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in the region of Swabia in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany.The town lies south-west of Augsburg, west of Munich.For full details, see the German page: Kirchheim in Schwaben... Legau Legau Legau is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Markt Rettenbach Markt Rettenbach Markt Rettenbach is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Markt Wald Markt Wald Markt Wald is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Ottobeuren Ottobeuren Ottobeuren is a municipality in Bavaria, Germany, located 10 km southeast of Memmingen near the A7. It is famous for Ottobeuren Abbey, situated next to the Basilica.... Pfaffenhausen Pfaffenhausen Pfaffenhausen is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Türkheim Türkheim Türkheim is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany. The neighboring places of Türkheim are Ettringen, Berg, Rammingen, Irsingen, Wiedergeltingen and Amberg. The administrative collectivity of Türkheim administrate Türkheim and Irsingen.... Tussenhausen Tussenhausen Tussenhausen is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany....	Babenhausen Boos Dirlewang Erkheim Bad Grönenbach Kirchheim (Schwaben) Memmingerberg Ottobeuren Pfaffenhausen Türkheim	Amberg Amberg, Swabia Amberg is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Apfeltrach Apfeltrach Apfeltrach is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Benningen Benningen Benningen is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Böhen Böhen Böhen is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Boos Boos, Bavaria Boos is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria in Germany.... Breitenbrunn Breitenbrunn, Swabia Breitenbrunn is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Buxheim Buxheim, Swabia Buxheim is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Egg an der Günz Egg an der Günz Egg an der Günz is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Eppishausen Eppishausen Eppishausen is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Ettringen Ettringen, Bavaria Ettringen is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Fellheim Fellheim Fellheim is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Hawangen Hawangen Hawangen is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany, with about 1254 inhabitants. Hawangen is situated east of Memmingen.... Heimertingen Heimertingen Heimertingen is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Holzgünz Holzgünz Holzgünz is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Kammlach Kammlach Kammlach is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Kettershausen Kettershausen Kettershausen is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Kirchhaslach Kirchhaslach Kirchhaslach is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Kronburg Kronburg Kronburg is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Lachen Lachen, Germany Lachen is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany....	Lauben Lauben, Unterallgäu Lauben is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Lautrach Lautrach Lautrach is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Memmingerberg Memmingerberg Memmingerberg is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Niederrieden Niederrieden Niederrieden is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Oberrieden Oberrieden, Germany Oberrieden is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Oberschönegg Oberschönegg Oberschönegg is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Pleß Pleß Pleß is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Rammingen Rammingen, Bavaria Rammingen is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Salgen Salgen Salgen is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Sontheim Sontheim, Bavaria Sontheim is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Stetten Stetten, Bavaria Stetten is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Trunkelsberg Trunkelsberg Trunkelsberg is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Ungerhausen Ungerhausen Ungerhausen is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Unteregg Unteregg Unteregg is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Westerheim Westerheim, Bavaria Westerheim is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Wiedergeltingen Wiedergeltingen Wiedergeltingen is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Winterrieden Winterrieden Winterrieden is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Wolfertschwenden Wolfertschwenden Wolfertschwenden is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany.... Woringen Woringen Woringen is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany....

External links

• Official website (German)
• Orchids in Allgäu