Ottobeuren

Municipality in Bavaria, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Ottobeuren within Unterallgäu district

(2020–26) German Fries^[1] (FW)Area

• Total55.85 km² (21.56 sq mi)Elevation

669 m (2,195 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total8,758 • Density160/km² (410/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

87724

Dialling codes08332Vehicle registrationMNWebsitewww.ottobeuren.de

Ottobeuren (Swabian: Ottobeire, Medieval Latin: Ottobura)^[3] is a market town and municipality in Bavaria, Germany, located 11 km southeast of Memmingen near the A7. It is famous for Ottobeuren Abbey, situated next to the Basilica. The town is seat of a municipal association with Hawangen and Böhen.

The musicologist Manfred Hermann Schmid was born in Ottobeuren.

Twin towns — sister cities

Ottobeuren is twinned with:

Norcia, Italy
Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse, France
Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia

References

^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) (Hilfe dazu).
^ Ott, Michael (1913). "Ottobeuren" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.