Pfronten

Pfronten
Pfronten
Municipality
	Aerial view
	Coat of arms
	Location of Pfronten within Ostallgäu district
	Pfronten Pfronten
	Coordinates: 47°35′N 10°33′E / 47.583°N 10.550°E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Schwaben
District	Ostallgäu
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Alfons Haf
Area
• Total	62.22 km2 (24.02 sq mi)
Elevation	853 m (2,799 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	8,443
• Density	140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	87459
Dialling codes	08363
Vehicle registration	OAL
Website	www.pfronten.de

Pfronten (Swabian: Pfronte) is a municipality in Ostallgäu in Bavaria in Germany.

Geography

Pfronten is one of a total of 45 towns, markets and municipalities in Ostallgäu.

Pfronten is on the northern edge of the Allgäu Alps. The Vils flows through the municipal territory. It is at an altitude of 853 m above sea level. NN at the foot of Edelsberg, Kienberg, Breitenberg and Falkenstein. The highest point of the municipality is the peak of the Aggenstein (1986 m above sea level) on the Tyrolean border, which belongs to the Tannheim Mountains.

On the German side, neighbouring communities of Pfronten are Füssen, Eisenberg and the market of Nesselwang. In Austria, the small town of Vils and the Tannheim valley with the communities of Grän, Tannheim, Schattwald, Zöblen, Nesselwängle and Jungholz are nearby.

The municipal territory has the districts of Bergpfronten and Steinachpfronten.

The settlements Berg, Dorf, Halden, Heitler, Kappel, Kreuzegg, Meilingen, Ösch, Rehbichel, Ried, Röfleuten, Steinach and Weißbach belong to Pfronten.