Oberstaufen

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.

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German location.image_coa: DEU Oberstaufen COA.svg
German location.image_photo: St. Peter und Paul Oberstaufen Allgaeu-1.jpg
German location.image_caption: Saint Peter and Paul Church
German location.image_plan: Oberstaufen in OA.svg
German location.state: Bayern
German location.region: Schwaben
German location.district: Oberallgäu
German location.elevation: 791
German location.area: 125.84
German location.postal_code: 87534
German location.area_code: 08386
German location.licence: OA

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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.