Schongau, Bavaria

Schongau
Coat of arms
Schongau
Location of Schongau within Weilheim-Schongau district
Coordinates: 47°49′N 10°54′E / 47.817°N 10.900°ECoordinates: 47°49′N 10°54′E / 47.817°N 10.900°E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Upper Bavaria
District	Weilheim-Schongau
Government
• Mayor	Falk Sluyterman van Langeweyde (SPD)
Area
• Total	21.35 km^2 (8.24 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	12,291
• Density	580/km^2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	86956
Dialling codes	08861
Vehicle registration	WM, SOG
Website	www.schongau.de

Schongau is a small town in Bavaria, near the Alps. It is located along the Lech, between Landsberg am Lech and Füssen. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. Schongau has a well-preserved old wall around the center.

Popular culture

Schongau and the nearby area is the setting of the Oliver Pötzsch novel The Hangman's Daughter.

Twin towns

• Colmar (France) since 1962
• Lucca (Italy) since 1962
• Sint-Niklaas (Belgium) since 1962
• Abingdon, Oxfordshire since 1970
• Gogolin (Poland) since 1996

Mayor

Since May 1, 2014, the mayor of Schongau is Falk Sluyterman van Langeweyde (SPD). He was elected in March 2014 with 50,3 % of the votes.^[2]

His predecessor was Karl-Heinz Gerbl (SPD); he was in office from 2008-2014.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Franz Rupp (1901-1992), pianist
• Reinhold Bocklet (born 1943), CSU politician
• Michael Kreitl (born 1975), ice hockey player
• Stefan Schauer (born 1983), ice hockey player

References

1. "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). June 2016.
2. "Bürgermeisterwahl 2014 – Endergebnis" (in German). Stadt Schongau. Retrieved 2014-05-01.