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Wildpoldsried () is a municipality in the district of Oberallgäu in Bavaria in Germany. The village has been recognized for its exceptional achievements in renewable energy production and in reducing its carbon footprint.

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Wildpoldsried
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German location.state
Bayern
German location.region
Schwaben
German location.district
Oberallgäu
German location.elevation
724
German location.area
21.36
German location.postal_code
87499
German location.area_code
08304
German location.licence
OA
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
09 7 80 147
German location.mayor
Renate Deniffel
German location.leader_term
2020–26

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  • History
  • Renewable Energy in Wildpoldsried
  • See also
  • References

Wildpoldsried () is a municipality in the district of Oberallgäu in Bavaria in Germany. The village has been recognized for its exceptional achievements in renewable energy production and in reducing its carbon footprint.

==History== The earliest known reference to Wildpoldsried dates to 1392, when it was mentioned in documents relating to the sale of the nearby Wolkenberg castle. Later, it was the seat of the Lower and Upper courts of the Abbey of Kempten, a Benedictine monastery. Secularization took place in 1803, and the municipality was formalized in 1818, in accordance with the laws of the Kingdom of Bavaria.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wildpoldsried” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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