Wiggensbach
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Wiggensbach is a municipality
in Bavaria
. It is situated about 7 kilometres west of Kempten, the next greater town.
Neighbour municipalities are Altusried
in the north and Buchenberg
in the south of the village. The municipality consists of Wiggensbach as the main village and Ermengerst and Westenried as two districts of Wiggensbach. There are furthermore 72 hamlets in the area of the municipality.
The height of the village is between 870 and 1.077 metres above sea level.
Partner township of Wiggensbach is Hattstatt in France
, in 2003 the two communes commemorate 20th anniversary of the partnership.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
. It is situated about 7 kilometres west of Kempten, the next greater town.
Neighbour municipalities are Altusried
Altusried
Altusried is a municipality in the district of Oberallgäu in Bavaria in Germany....
in the north and Buchenberg
Buchenberg
Buchenberg is a municipality in the district of Oberallgäu in Bavaria in Germany....
in the south of the village. The municipality consists of Wiggensbach as the main village and Ermengerst and Westenried as two districts of Wiggensbach. There are furthermore 72 hamlets in the area of the municipality.
The height of the village is between 870 and 1.077 metres above sea level.
Partner township of Wiggensbach is Hattstatt in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, in 2003 the two communes commemorate 20th anniversary of the partnership.