Sonthofen

Sonthofen is the most southerly town of Germany, located in the Oberallgäu region of the Bavarian Alps. Neighbouring Oberstdorf, is situated 14 km farther south but is not classified as a town. Sonthofen is located at 47°31′0″N, 10°16′60″E. In 2005, Sonthofen was awarded "Alpenstadt des Jahres" (Alpine city of the year). Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (472x607, 42 KB) Image description: Sonthofen Quelle: http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (472x607, 42 KB) Image description: Sonthofen Quelle: http://www. ... Oberallgäu is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Oberstdorf villageview. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In World War II Sonthofen was bombed twice because Adolf Hitler had built the "Ordensburg" where young boys were trained for service in Nazi Party organizations. The "Ordensburg" was not destroyed in the war and from 1946 to 1948 it was home to the United States Constabulary school. Nowadays it is used by the German Bundeswehr for the Bundeswehr's Military Police (Feldjäger) and Staff Service School. The German Army's NBC Defence School (ABC-Abwehr- und Selbstschutzschule) is also located in another barracks in Sonthofen. Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total dead: 50,000,000 Military dead: 8,000,000 Civilian dead: 4,000,000 Total dead 12,000,000 World War II (abbreviated WWII), or the Second World War, was a worldwide conflict... Hitler redirects here. ... Ordensburgs were schools for elite Nazi military ranks. ... The United States Constabulary was the United States Armys paramilitary military police occupation and security force in the U.S. Occupation Zone of West Germany immediately after World War II, from 1946 to 1952. ... The Bundeswehr (Federal Defence Force,  ) is the organization that controls and administers the armed forces of Germany. ... The German Army (German: Heer, [IPA: heɐ]  ) is the land component of the Bundeswehr (Federal Defence Forces) of the Federal Republic of Germany. ...

Sonthofen was given town rights on 18 August 1963. Sonthofen has 21,303 inhabitants (as of 31 March 2004). It is widely known for its milk and cheese products and as a tourist destination. August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A glass of cows milk A goat kid feeding on its mothers milk Milk is the nutrient fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals (including monotremes). ... Cheese is a solid food made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, and other mammals. ...

Famous People

• Michael Buthe - artist
• Michael Endres - pianist
• Hardy Krüger - actor, spent his childhood in Sonthofen
• W. G. Sebald - writer, lived in Sonthofen from 1948 to 1963 [1]

Michael Buthe (* August 1, 1944 in Sonthofen, † 15. ... Michael Endres (Born 1961) : pianist. ... Born Franz Eberhard August Krüger, April 12, 1928 in Berlin-Wedding, Germany. ... W.G. Sebald W. G. (Winfred Georg Maximilian) Sebald (May 18, 1944, Wertach im Allgäu–December 14, 2001, Norfolk, United Kingdom) was a writer and academic. ...

External links

• Sonthofen.de - official Sonthofen website, partly English
• - history of Sonthofen post with many historic images
• - alpine city of the year
• - Sonthofen based artist Ingrid Kamerbeek, founder of worldwide Webism Art Movement

Cities and towns in Oberallgäu

Altusried | Bad Hindelang | Balderschwang | Betzigau | Blaichach | Bolsterlang | Buchenberg | Burgberg | Dietmannsried | Durach | Fischen | Haldenwang | Immenstadt | Lauben | Missen-Wilhams | Obermaiselstein | Oberstaufen | Oberstdorf | Ofterschwang | Oy-Mittelberg | Rettenberg | Sonthofen | Sulzberg | Waltenhofen | Weitnau | Wertach | Wiggensbach | Wildpoldsried | Image File history File links Oberallgaeu_coa. ... Oberallgäu is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Immenstadt is a small town in the Upper Allgäu, far southern region of Bavaria, Germany, in the German Alps. ... Lauben is a town in the district of Oberallgäu in Bavaria in Germany. ... Oberstdorf villageview. ... Ofterschwang is a municipality in Oberallgäu, in Bavaria, Germany. ... Wiggensbach is a municipality in Bavaria. ...