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Kaufbeuren
Coat of arms of Kaufbeuren Location of Kaufbeuren in Germany
 
Federal state Bavaria
Administrative region Swabia
District urban district
Population 42,581 NA (2003)
Area 40.02 km²
Population density 1,065/km²
Elevation 681-860 m
Coordinates 47°53′ N 10°37′ E
Postal code 87571-87600
Area code 08341
Licence plate code KF
Mayor Stefan Bosse
Website kaufbeuren.de

Kaufbeuren is an independent city in the Regierungsbezirk of Schwaben, southern Bavaria. The city is completely enclaved within the district of Ostallgäu. Image File history File links Coat_of_Arms_of_Kaufbeuren. ... Image File history File links Map_of_Kaufbeuren. ... Germany is a federal republic made up of 16 states, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... A Regierungsbezirk is an administrative region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states (Bundesländer). ... Swabia (German: Schwaben) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the south-west of Bavaria. ... There are 439 German districts, administrative units in Germany. ... This is a list of urban districts in Germany. ... -1... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits Postal codes in Germany, known as Postleitzahl (pl. ... Area codes in Germany (German Vorwahl) have from two to five digits, not counting the leading zero. ... German car number plates show the place where the car carrying them is registered. ... A mayor (from the Latin maÄ«or, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... An independent city is a city that does not form part of another local government entity. ... A Regierungsbezirk is an administrative region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states (Bundesländer). ... Swabia (German Schwaben) is a historic region in Germany and a language area. ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Exclave. ... There are 439 German districts, administrative units in Germany. ... Ostallgäu is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ...


Partner towns

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Historical residents

Ludwig Ganghofer (July 7, 1855 - July 24, 1920) was a German writer who became famous for his homeland novels. ... Hans Magnus Enzensberger (born 11 November 1929), is a German author and poet, also known under the pseudonym Andreas Thalmayr. ...

Tänzelfest

The Tänzelfest is a festival, which takes place usually at the end of June. Children play the history of their town. They wear traditional clothes. There are a lot of events at this time.

Fünfknopfturm
Fünfknopfturm
townhall
townhall


Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 1276 KB) Summary Fünfknopfturm in Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, Germany selbst aufgenommen am 21. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 1276 KB) Summary Fünfknopfturm in Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, Germany selbst aufgenommen am 21. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 394 KB) Beschreibung Description: townhall of Kaufbeuren, Germany Source: self made Date: 2005-10-21 Author: Peter Mueller Permission: Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Kaufbeuren Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 394 KB) Beschreibung Description: townhall of Kaufbeuren, Germany Source: self made Date: 2005-10-21 Author: Peter Mueller Permission: Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Kaufbeuren Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the...

Cities and rural districts in the
Free State of Bavaria in Germany

Cities Bavaria lozengy flag File links The following pages link to this file: Ansbach Bamberg Munich Nuremberg Augsburg Regensburg Bayreuth Aschaffenburg Aichach-Friedberg Rosenheim (district) Amberg Altötting (district) Amberg-Sulzbach Ansbach (district) Aschaffenburg (district) Augsburg (district) Bad Kissingen (district) Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen Bamberg (district) Erlangen Bayreuth (district) Ingolstadt Berchtesgadener... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... {{JESUS TOOK THE FLAG}} He stole it and sold it to some asian drug dealers from the atlantic, hmm? File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Berlin Brandenburg Chelsea F.C. European Peoples Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Fulham F.C. Football World...

Amberg | Ansbach | Aschaffenburg | Augsburg | Bamberg | Bayreuth | Coburg | Erlangen | Fürth | Hof | Ingolstadt | Kaufbeuren | Kempten | Landshut | Memmingen | München (Munich) | Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | Passau | Regensburg | Rosenheim | Schwabach | Schweinfurt | Straubing | Weiden in der Oberpfalz | Würzburg Map of Germany showing Amberg (currently incorrect) Amberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. ... See Ansbach, Austria for the Austrian town of the same name. ... Aschaffenburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. ... Augsburg is a city in south-central Germany. ... Bamberg is a town in Bavaria, Germany. ... Bayreuth is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Frankish Alb and the Fichtelgebirge. ... // Coburg is a city located on the Itz River in Bavaria, Central-West Germany. ... Erlangen around 1915 Erlangen is a German city in Middle Franconia. ... South part of the city, seen from the Alte Veste (Zirndorf), 2004 The city of Fürth is located in northern Bavaria, Germany in the district of Middle Franconia. ... Hof is a city located on the banks of the Saale in the northeastern corner of the German state of Bavaria, in the Franconia region, hard by the Czech border and the forested Fichtelgebirge upland region. ... Ingolstadt is a city in the Federal State of Bavaria, Germany. ... Kempten is the capital of Allgäu, a region in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. ... Landshut is a city in Bavaria, Germany, the capital of the Niederbayern region. ... Memmingen is a town in the Bavarian administrative region Swabia in Germany. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the capital of the German federal state of Bavaria. ... Hl. ... Old Town of Passau Passau (Latin: Batavia) is a town in Niederbayern, Eastern Bavaria, Germany, known also as Dreiflüssestadt (the City of three rivers), because the Danube River is joined there by the Inn River from the South, and the Ilz River coming out of the Bavarian Forest to the... Regensburg (English formerly Ratisbon, Latin Ratisbona, Czech Řezno) is a city (population 150,212 in 2004) in Bavaria, south-east Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. ... Rosenheim is a town in Bavaria (Germany) on the river Inn, at 47°51′ N 12°8′ E. It is seat of administration of the district of Rosenheim, but is not a part of it. ... Schwabach is a German city of about 40,000 inhabitants near Nuremberg in the middle of the Franconia district of Bavaria. ... Schweinfurt is a city in the Unterfranken region of Bavaria in Germany on the right bank of the canalized Main, which is here spanned by several bridges, 27 km North-East of Würzburg. ... Straubing is an independent city in Niederbayern. ... Weiden in der Oberpfalz (official name: Weiden i. ... The title of this article contains the character ü. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Wurzburg or Wuerzburg. ...

Rural
districts

Aichach-Friedberg | Altötting | Amberg-Sulzbach | Ansbach (district) | Aschaffenburg | Augsburg | Bad Kissingen
Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen | Bamberg | Bayreuth | Berchtesgadener Land | Cham | Coburg | Dachau | Deggendorf | Dillingen
Dingolfing-Landau | Donau-Ries | Ebersberg | Eichstätt | Erding | Erlangen-Höchstadt | Forchheim | Freising | Freyung-Grafenau
Fürstenfeldbruck | Fürth | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Günzburg | Haßberge | Hof | Kelheim | Kitzingen | Kronach | Kulmbach
Landsberg | Landshut | Lichtenfels | Lindau | Main-Spessart | Miesbach | Miltenberg | Mühldorf | München (Munich)
Neuburg-Schrobenhausen | Neumarkt | Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim | Neustadt (Waldnaab) | Neu-Ulm | Nürnberger Land
Oberallgäu | Ostallgäu | Passau | Pfaffenhofen | Regen | Regensburg (district) | Rhön-Grabfeld | Rosenheim (district) | Roth
Rottal-Inn | Schwandorf | Schweinfurt | Starnberg | Straubing-Bogen | Tirschenreuth | Traunstein
Unterallgäu | Weilheim-Schongau | Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen | Wunsiedel | Würzburg Aichach_Friedberg is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Altötting is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Amberg_Sulzbach is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Ansbach is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Aschaffenburg is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Augsburg is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Bad Kissingen is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Bamberg Land is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Bayreuth is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Berchtesgadener Land is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Cham is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Coburg is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Dachau is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Deggendorf is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Dillingen is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Dingolfing-Landau is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Donau-Ries is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Ebersberg is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Eichstätt is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Erding is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Erlangen-Höchstadt is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Forchheim is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Freising is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Freyung-Grafenau is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Fürstenfeldbruck is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Fürth is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Günzburg is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Haßberge is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Hof is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Kelheim is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Kitzingen is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Kronach is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Kulmbach is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Landsberg is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Landshut is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Lichtenfels is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Lindau is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Main-Spessart is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Miesbach is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Miltenberg is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Mühldorf is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Munich (German München) is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Neuburg-Schrobenhausen is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Neumarkt is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim is a district in Panda Stripe Village, Germany. ... Neustadt (Waldnaab) is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Neu-Ulm is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Nürnberger Land is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Oberallgäu is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Ostallgäu is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Passau is a district (Kreis) in the southeast of Bavaria. ... Pfaffenhofen is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Regen is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Regensburg is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Rhön-Grabfeld is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Rosenheim is a Kreis (district) in the south of Bavaria, Germany. ... Roth is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Rottal-Inn is a Kreis (district) in the southeastern part of Bavaria, Germany. ... Schwandorf is a Kreis (district) in the east part of Bavaria, Germany. ... Schweinfurt is a Kreis (district) in the northwestern part of Bavaria, Germany. ... Starnberg is a Kreis (district) in the southern part of Bavaria, Germany. ... Straubing-Bogen is a Kreis (district) in the eastern part of Bavaria, Germany. ... Tirschenreuth is a Kreis (district) in the northeastern part of Bavaria, Germany. ... Traunstein is a Kreis (district) in the southeastern part of Bavaria, Germany. ... Unterallgäu is a Kreis (district) in the southwestern part of Bavaria, Germany. ... Weilheim-Schongau is a Kreis (district) in the south of Bavaria, Germany. ... Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen is a Kreis (district) in the west of Bavaria, Germany. ... Wunsiedel is a Kreis (district) in the northeastern part of Bavaria, Germany. ... Würzburg is a Kreis (district) in the northwestern part of Bavaria, Germany. ...


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In English (491 words)
Geographically, the location is excellent: The city of Kaufbeuren, with 44.000 inhabitants, functions as both cultural and supply centre for an extensive region shaped by its chief influences, agriculture and tourism.
Kaufbeuren boasts adult education centres, comprehensive and grammar school as well as technical colleges and vocational training colleges at all levels with specialization in economics, engineering and technology.
Kaufbeuren supports local commerce by organizing further training and study possibilities with qulification for staff at all levels.
KAUFBEUREN - Germany (131 words)
Surrounded by the wooded hills of the pre-alpine region, nestling in the pleasant Wertach valley, lies Kaufbeuren, the centre of East Allgäu.
With a population of 44,000 Kaufbeuren is the third-largest independent town in the Bavarian District of Swabia.
Once a Free Imperial Town, Kaufbeuren is very aware of its tradition and more than 1000 years of history.
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