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The Allgäu (Standard German: ⓘ) or Allgovia is a region in Swabia in southern Germany. It covers the south of Bavarian Swabia , southeastern Baden-Württemberg , and parts of Austria . The region stretches from the pre-alpine lands up to the Alps .
The Allgäu Alps and the Allgäu region are not identical. The Allgäu is a landscape that, according to present-day understanding, is (almost entirely, but see Tannheimer Tal) on German soil. By contrast, the Allgäu Alps are a mountain range of the Alps whose definition falls out of the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps. Parts of ...
"Ostallgäu" literally means "Eastern Allgäu". The term Allgäu is applied to the part of the Alps located in Swabia and their northern foothills. The district extends from the crest of the Alps to hilly countryside in the north. It is located on either side of the Wertach, an affluent of the Lech.
The Allgäu Alps in the area around Oberstdorf attain heights of over 2,600 metres and belong to the Northern Limestone Alps. The best known summits in Oberstdorf are: [3] Fellhorn 2,038 m (Blumenberg of the Allgäu) Himmelschrofen 1,791 m; Höfats 2,259 m (the most prominent Allgäu "grass mountain") Kratzer 2,427 m
Kempten (German: [ˈkɛmptn̩] ⓘ; Swabian: Kempte ⓘ) is the largest town of Allgäu, in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany.The population was about 68,000 in 2016. The area was possibly settled originally by Celts, but was later taken over by the Romans, who called the town Cambodunum.
Oberallgäu is the southernmost district of Germany. "Oberallgäu" literally means "Upper Allgäu". The term Allgäu is applied to the part of the Alps located in Swabia and their northern foothills. In the very south of the district are some of the highest mountains of the Allgäu, culminating in the Hochfrottspitze (2,649 m).
Immenstadt im Allgäu (German: [ˈɪmənˌʃtat] ⓘ) is a town in Oberallgäu, the southernmost district of Bavaria, Germany, in the German Alps. First mentioned in a 1275 administrative tract, it was granted town privileges in 1360, which makes it one of the oldest towns in the area.
Westallgäu is the western part of the Allgäu in Germany. It contains large parts of the districts of Lindau in the southwest of the region, Swabia in Bavaria and the district of Ravensburg in the southeast of Baden-Württemberg. Westallgäu extends to the north to, amongst others, the towns of Leutkirch, Wangen and Isny.