Stiefenhofen is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the district of

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and the seat of the administrative community of Stiefenhofen.

Geography

Location

Stiefenhofen is located in the region of

Allgäu The Allgäu (Standard ) 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 main rivers flo ...

, more precisely in the

Westallgäu 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 exte ...

, near

Lake Constance Lake Constance (, ) refers to three bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (''Obersee''), Lower Lake Constance (''Untersee''), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the Seerhein (). These ...

. The lowest point of the area is 750 m, the highest point is 1067 m.

Population

Politics

Mayor

The mayor has been Anton Wolf (CSU / free voters) from 1990 until 2020. He was re-elected in 1996, 2002, 2008 and 2014. In March 2020 Christian Hauber was elected mayor.

Town Council

After the 2014 election, the municipal council has 12 members.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality of Stiefenhofen, which was assigned in 1973, is diagonally divided from silver and blue. It shows an oblique black stepped bar, below a golden bird ( crossbill).

Economy

Economy including agriculture and forestry

According to official statistics, there were 89 employees subject to social insurance in the manufacturing sector in 1998. In other economic areas, 80 persons were required to work under social insurance at the place of work. In total there were 562 employees subject to social insurance. In the manufacturing sector, there were five farms and eight in the construction industry. In addition, there were 110 agricultural holdings in 1999, with 1966 hectares of cultivated green space. In 2017, the municipality reported 105 farms.

Education

Facilities (as of 1999): * Kindergarten: 50 kindergartens with 49 children * Primary school: one with four teachers and 87 pupils

Tourism

Monuments in Stiefenhofen

Gallery

Stiefenhofen winter gruenten.jpg, Stiefenhofen with the mountain Grünten in Background Stiefenhofen, katholische Pfarrkirche Sankt Martin Dm=D-7-76-127-1 foto3 2014-07-27 13.50.jpg, Catholic church of St. Martin Stiefenhofen - Wolfsried südl - Einödhof v NO.JPG, Wolfsried, Stiefenhofen File:Stiefenhofen - Harbatshofen - Bahnhof.JPG, Train Station File:Stiefenhofen - Genhofen - Kapelle - Innen 01.JPG, Chapel in Genhofen, Stiefenhofen

References

{{Authority control Lindau (district)