Wertach

Wertach
Wertach
Municipality
	Wertach
	Coat of arms
	Location of Wertach within Oberallgäu district
	Wertach Wertach
	Coordinates: 47°36′N 10°24′E / 47.600°N 10.400°E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Schwaben
District	Oberallgäu
Government
• Mayor	Eberhard Jehle
Area
• Total	45.63 km2 (17.62 sq mi)
Highest elevation	1,695 m (5,561 ft)
Lowest elevation	885 m (2,904 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	2,768
• Density	61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	87497
Dialling codes	08365
Vehicle registration	OA
Website	www.wertach.de

Wertach is a small town in the Oberallgäu district, southern Bavaria, Germany. It is in the German Alps. It is on the river Wertach, southeast of Kempten. The town was the childhood home of the writer W. G. Sebald. It was first mentioned in 955. It received town status in 1423. In March 2014, Eberhard Jehle became mayor ^[2]

References

↑ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) .
↑ "Markt Wertach" (in German). Retrieved 25 February 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

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[1] Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) .

[2] "Markt Wertach" (in German). Retrieved 25 February 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

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