Ostallgäu District

The Ostallgäu region has always made more possible: King Ludwig II built Neuschwanstein here, and today global market leaders and family-run businesses with a long tradition are building the future. The Ostallgäu is THE place for dynamism, leisure, and success!

Schloss Neuschwanstein Landkreis Ostallgäu ©Gundermann
  • 141,000 residents

  • 45 municipalities, 1,395 km²

  • 101 inhabitants per km²

  • A96, B12, B16, and B17

  • Buchloe railway junction

  • Allgäu Airport near Memmingen

  • Allgäu Cheese

  • Cheese noodles

  • Hay schnapps

  • Certified Education Region

  • Buchloe High School (award-winning PPP project)

  • Allgäu Education Portal

  • Alpine diversity in a compact area: gently rolling Alpine foothills, an abundance of marshes and lakes, and the impressive backdrop of the Allgäu Alps

  • Musica Sacra and International Chamber Choir Competition in Marktoberdorf

  • Vielsaitig Festival in Füssen

  • The world’s most modern tractor factory (AGCO Fendt)

  • Invention of powdered milk (now Nestlé AG)

  • Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau Castles

  • Allgäumobil – free bus and train service for visitors

  • Cycling & Hiking in the Castle Park

Contact person

  • Peter Däubler
    Economic Affairs Officer,
    Ostallgäu District
    Office, Tel.: +49 8342 911-480,
    Email: wirtschaft@ostallgaeu.de

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Scenes from the Ostallgäu District

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Radfahren im Vilstal Landkreis Ostallgäu ©Erwin Reiter
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Traktor von Fendt am Schloss Neuschwanstein Landkreis Ostallgäu ©AGCOGmbH
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Stötten am Auerberg Landkreis Ostallgäu ©Tanja Hindelang
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Forggensee Landkreis Ostallgäu ©Tourismusbüro Rieden
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Hängesteg über die Wertach Landkreis Ostallgäu ©Tourismusverein Görisried