Pforzen

Pforzen () is a municipality in Ostallgäu, Bavaria.

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German location.image_coa: DEU Pforzen COA.svg
German location.image_photo: Pforzen Church St. Valentin.JPG
German location.image_caption: Church of Saint Valentine
German location.image_plan: Pforzen in OAL.svg
German location.state: Bayern
German location.region: Schwaben
German location.district: Ostallgäu
German location.elevation: 656
German location.area: 23.69
German location.postal_code: 87666
German location.area_code: 08346
German location.licence: OAL
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 09 7 77 158
German location.mayor: Herbert Hofer
German location.leader_term: 2020–26
German location.website: www.pforzen.de

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Population: 2420
Area: 23.69
Elevation: 656
Official website: www.pforzen.de
Image: Pforzen Church St. Valentin.JPG
Dialing code: 08346
Licence plate code: OAL

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Commons category: Pforzen
hashtag: Pforzen
postal code: 87666
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Pforzen () is a municipality in Ostallgäu, Bavaria.

==Cemetery== Near Pforzen is an extended Alemannic cemetery that was in use from the 5th up to the 8th century. A total of 442 graves were excavated in two campaigns in 1991/2 and 1996. Two items bearing runic inscriptions were recovered, the Pforzen buckle in 1992 and an ivory ring in 1996.