Wertach

Wertach () is a small town in the Oberallgäu district, southern Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the German Alps, situated on the river Wertach, southeast of Kempten. The town was the childhood home of the writer W. G. Sebald.

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German location.image_coa: DEU Wertach COA.svg
German location.image_photo: Wertach im Oberallgäu.JPG
German location.image_caption: Wertach
German location.image_plan: Wertach in OA.svg
German location.state: Bayern
German location.region: Schwaben
German location.district: Oberallgäu
German location.elevation: 915
German location.area: 45.65
German location.postal_code: 87497
German location.area_code: 08365
German location.licence: OA
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 09 7 80 145
German location.mayor: Gertrud Knoll
German location.leader_term: 2020–26
German location.party: CSU

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Wertach im Allgäu - Urlaub im Allgäu - Ferien in Wertach

Weite, voralpine Landschaft, staub- und nebelarme Luft. 120 km Wanderwege, Angeln am Grüntensee, solarbeheiztes Freibad, Schlepplifte, 15 km Loipen und 20 km geräumte Winterwanderwege.

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Wikidata facts

Population: 2807
Area: 45.65
Elevation: 915
Official website: www.wertach.de
Image: Wertach, OA - Sonnenhang - Kirche v N.JPG
Dialing code: 08365
Licence plate code: OA

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Population development
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== History == Wertach was first mentioned in 955 and received in 1423 the town privileges. The market Wertach belonged to the Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg. Since the German mediatization and the secularization of 1803 the place belongs to Bavaria. As part of the administrative reforms in the Kingdom of Bavaria and the the current municipality was formed. In 1893 a fire destroyed most of the town, with only a few houses surviving.