Halblech

Gästeinformation Halblech
Bergstraße 2a
87642 Halblech
+49 (0) 83 68 - 2 85
info@halblech.de

Paradise in the land of twelve lakes

Halblech has 32 districts and a population of 3,700. These Allgäu villages lie directly on the mountains, surrounded by four bathing lakes with a panoramic view. The location lies 800 metres above sea level. And the highest mountain peak is the Hochplatte (2,082 m). A chairlift takes you to the Buchenberg. The hiker’s bus to the Kenzenhütte links Halblech with the Ammergau Alps. It is Bavaria’s biggest nature reserve and the home to many rare Alpine flowers, plants and animals.

History

  • 15 BC The Romans conquer the country
  • 8th century AD The Welfs occupy the Lechrain district from Säuling to beyond Schongau
  • 1172 First documentary mention of the men of ‘Druchgo’ under the leadership of Duke Welf VI
  • 1191 Land passes to the Hohenstaufens
  • about 1275 ‘Buchengau’ mentioned for the first time in the records of Duke Ludwig the Severe relating to the ducal lands in the Lechrain region
  • 1535 Sovereignty sold to the Augsburg patrician, Johann vom Paumgarten
  • 1567 Sovereignty passes to Duke Albrecht of Bavaria
  • 1803 The three communities of Buching, Trauchgau and Schwangau formed under the district court of Schongau
  • 1880 Becomes part of the Swabian District of Füssen, later Füssen Rural District
  • 1972 Dissolution of Füssen Rural District and formation of a new Rural District, East Allgäu
  • 1976 Voluntary merger of the communities of Buching and Trauchgau to form the new community of Halblech

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Gästeinformation Halblech
Bergstraße 2a
87642 Halblech
+49 (0) 83 68 - 2 85
info@halblech.de