Lindenberg im Allgäu

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Wappen Lindenberg im Allgaeu.pnglat_deg = 47 |lat_min = 36
lon_deg = 09 |lon_min = 54
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Bavaria
Regierungsbezirk = Schwaben
Landkreis = Lindau
Höhe = 764
Fläche = 11.85
Einwohner = 11434
Stand = 2005-06-30
pop_source =
PLZ = 88161
PLZ-alt = 8998
Vorwahl = 08381
Kfz = LI
Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 7 76 117
LOCODE =
Gliederung =
Adresse = Stadtplatz 1
88161 Lindenberg
Website = [http://www.lindenberg.de/ www.lindenberg.de]
Bürgermeister = Johann Zeh
Bürgermeistertitel= Bürgermeister
Partei = Freie Wähler/CSU

Lindenberg im Allgäu is the second largest town of the district of Lindau in Bavaria, Germany. It is an acknowledged air health resort.

History

The town was first mentioned in 857, when two nobles from "Lintiberc" donated goods to the monastery of St. Gall. Before becoming a part of Bavaria in 1805 Lindenberg im Allgäu belonged to Austria.

As early as 1656 straw hats from Lindenberg were sold by peddling and in markets. In 1755 the production and shipping of straw hats became organized. The hat industry has degraded the last decades and hardly has any economic importance today. The remembrance is borne in an annual "Huttag" ("hat day") as well as in a hat museum.

Education

The main school of the Humboldt Institute is in Lindenberg.

Economy

Important employers are:
* Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH
* Mayser GmbH & Co.KG

Sister cities

* 1999: Vallauris-Golfe-Juan flag|France
* 2003: Saline, Michigan flag|USA

Notable people from Lindenberg

*Johann Georg Specht (1720-1803), architect
*Otto Geßler (1875-1955), politician and president of the German Red Cross
*Anton Fehr (1881-1954), agricultural scientist and politician
*Werner Specht (* 1942), painter and chansonnier
*Stephan Huber (* 1952), sculptor
*Klaus Gietinger (*1955), film director and script writer
*Heike Allgayer (* 1969), physician and molecular biologist
*Tobias Steinhauser (* 1972), Cyclist
*Markus Miller (* 1982), football goalkeeper
*Arthur Burkhard (* 1928] , picture journalist