Hergatz is a municipality in the district of
Lindau
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in
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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. The contemporary town was formed from the former municipalities of Wohmbrechts and Maria-Thann in the course of the municipal reform at the end of the 1970s.
Geography
Hergatz is located in the
Westallgäu.
The districts of Grod, Beuren, Möllen, Wohmbrechts and Hergatz are located at the Bundesstraße 12 (federal road 12)
Munich
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Lindau
Lindau (, ''Lindau am Bodensee''; ; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Lindou'') is a major Town#Germany, town and Lindau (island), island on the eastern side of Lake Constance (''Bodensee'' in German) in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital ...
, approximately 20 km from Lindau. The B 12 forms a cross-town link in Wohmbrechts.
The districts of Grod,
Staudach and Handwerks border on the upper Argen, a river, which rises north of
Oberstaufen from several brooks, merges with the lower Argen near Neuravensburg and disembogues into
Lake Constance
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near
Langenargen. In Muthen, the railroad line crosses the small river
Leiblach.
The Tyrolean salt road from
Bad Reichenhall and
Hall in Tirol to
Lindau
Lindau (, ''Lindau am Bodensee''; ; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Lindou'') is a major Town#Germany, town and Lindau (island), island on the eastern side of Lake Constance (''Bodensee'' in German) in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital ...
goes through the district of Wohmbrechts.
Culture and infrastructure
In Hergatz the ''"westallgäuerische"'' dialect is spoken, with influences of the
Swabian dialect.
Transport
Hergatz station, which is on the
Buchloe–Lindau and
Lindau-Kißlegg lines, is located in the district of Hergatz. Trains leave for Lindau,
Aulendorf,
Augsburg
Augsburg ( , ; ; ) is a city in the Bavaria, Bavarian part of Swabia, Germany, around west of the Bavarian capital Munich. It is a College town, university town and the regional seat of the Swabia (administrative region), Swabia with a well ...
(through
Memmingen
Memmingen (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Memmenge'') is a town in Swabia (Bavaria), Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is the economic, educational and administrative centre of the Danube-Iller region. To the west the town is flanked by the Iller, the ...
) and München (through
Kempten
Kempten (; ) 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''. K ...
) every 1-2 hours. In former times, there also were stopping places in the districts of Wohmbrechts and Maria-Thann.
References
External links
Vacation in Hergatz
{{Authority control
Lindau (district)