Wald (Allgäu)

Wald (German pronunciation: [valt] ) is a municipality in the district of Ostallgäu in Bavaria in Germany.

Wald
Municipality
General view of Wald
Coat of arms
Location of Wald (Allgäu) within Ostallgäu district
Wald Wald
Coordinates: 47°43′N 10°33′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Schwaben
District	Ostallgäu
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Johanna Purschke
Area
• Total	17.97 km2 (6.94 sq mi)
Elevation	800 m (2,600 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)
• Total	1,173
• Density	65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	87616
Dialling codes	09463
Vehicle registration	OAL
Website	www.wald-allgaeu.de

The village Wald is located in the Allgäu region. The municipality of Wald belongs to the administrative community Seeg and is located in the administrative district of Bavarian Swabia.

The state-recognized recreational resort Wald includes many surrounding hamlets: Barnstein, Bergers, Birngschwend, Geigers, Gemmels, houses, Herring, Hofen, Holzmanns, Kaltenbrunn, Kaufmanns, Kippach, Klosterhof, Neupolz, Öbele, Ofen, Stechele, Wetzlers, Wies, Wimberg.

Sights

• 
  Weiher (ponds) of Wald
• 
  Wald from the air from the southeast
• 
  Wald from northwest
• 
  Wertachschlucht near Wald
• 
  Wald - Church tower after fire, January 2012
• 
  Wald at night, December 2012

External links

• "Wald: History of the coat-of-arms" (in German). Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte.
• Wald (Allgäu): Official statistics compiled by the Bavarian State Office of Statistics (LfStat) (PDF; 1,05 MB)