Durach

Durach
Durach
Location of Durach within Oberallgäu district
Coordinates	47°42′N 10°20′E / 47.7°N 10.33333°E / 47.7; 10.33333Coordinates: 47°42′N 10°20′E / 47.7°N 10.33333°E / 47.7; 10.33333
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Swabia
District	Oberallgäu
Mayor	Herbert Seger
Basic statistics
Area	20.74 km2 (8.01 sq mi)
Elevation	714 m  (2343 ft)
Population	6,784 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	327 /km2 (847 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	OA
Postal code	87471
Area code	0831
Website	www.durach-allgaeu.de

Durach is a municipality in the district of Oberallgäu in Bavaria in Germany.

The village came into international media attention in August 2008 when a light aircraft hit power lines in its vicinity and the pilot and passenger, who had survived inside the plane dangling on high-tension power cables, were rescued in front of cameras.^[2]

Footnotes

1. ^ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes" (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung. 31 December 2010. https://www.statistikdaten.bayern.de/genesis/online?language=de&sequenz=tabelleErgebnis&selectionname=12411-009r&sachmerkmal=QUASTI&sachschluessel=SQUART04&startjahr=2010&endjahr=2010. 
2. ^ "Plane hits power lines". BBC News. 2008-08-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7568045.stm. Retrieved 2008-08-18.