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|Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 7 77 159
|mayor = Alfons Haf<ref>[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], [[Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik]], 15 July 2021.</ref>
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'''Pfronten''' ([[Swabian German|Swabian]]: ''Pfronte'') is a [[Municipalities of Germany|municipality]] in the district of [[Ostallgäu]] in [[Bavaria]] in [[Germany]].▼
== Geography ==
▲'''Pfronten''' is a [[Municipalities of Germany|municipality]] in the district of [[Ostallgäu]] in [[Bavaria]] in [[Germany]].
Pfronten is one of a total of 45 towns, markets and municipalities in the district of [[Ostallgäu]].
Pfronten is located on the northern edge of the [[Allgäu Alps]]. The [[Vils (Lech)|Vils]] flows through the municipal territory. It is situated at an altitude of 853 m above sea level. NN at the foot of Edelsberg, Kienberg, [[Breitenberg (Tannheimer Berge)|Breitenberg]] and Falkenstein. The highest point of the municipality is the summit of the [[Aggenstein]] (1986 m above sea level) on the Tyrolean border, which belongs to the [[Tannheim Mountains]].
On the German side, neighbouring communities of Pfronten are the city of [[Füssen]], the municipality of [[Eisenberg, Bavaria|Eisenberg]] and the market of [[Nesselwang]]. In [[Austria]], the small town of [[Vils, Tyrol|Vils]] and the Tannheim valley with the communities of [[Grän]], [[Tannheim, Tyrol|Tannheim]], [[Schattwald]], [[Zöblen]], [[Nesselwängle]] and [[Jungholz]] are located nearby.
The municipal territory consists of the districts of Bergpfronten and Steinachpfronten.
The settlements Berg, Dorf, Halden, Heitler, Kappel, Kreuzegg, Meilingen, Ösch, Rehbichel, Ried, Röfleuten, Steinach and Weißbach belong to the municipality of Pfronten. Since the late [[Middle Ages]], all these places have surely formed a single parish. This is why we speak of the 13-village community of Pfronten.
<gallery mode=packed caption="Views of Pfronten">
Pfronten - Berg v N 080814.JPG|Pfronten-Berg
Pfronten_-_Breitenberg_-_Ruine_Falkenstein_230912_(retuschiert).jpg|Mountain ''Falkenstein'' (1270 m) with ruins of [[Falkenstein Castle (Pfronten)|Falkenstein Castle]]
DSCI0104 Kienberg über Pfronten von Burgruine Falkenstein gesehen, aus Richtung Osten.jpg|Mountain ''Kienberg'' above the roofs of Pfronten, seen from ''Falkenstein''
Pfronten_-_Engetal_-_Aggenstein_v_NW,_Winter_(retuschiert).jpg|Engetal with Aggenstein
Pfronten - Vilstal - Schochersäge - Vils Ri O.jpg|Valley of river [[Vils (Lech)|Vils]]
</gallery>
== History ==
A [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] supply road led through Pfronten from the south to Cambodunum (today's [[Kempten]]).<ref>Richard Knussert, Das Füssener Land in früher Zeit, p. 40</ref> However, a Roman settlement of the [[valley]] is not secured.
With the Christian provincial Romans, who remained in the Ostallgäu, pagan [[Alamanni]] gradually settled in. Around the year 800, the "Roman" language in the area was extinguished. In the Franconian-Carolingian region, the population was united with [[German language]] and [[Christianity]].
From the early 14th century onwards, all of Pfronten belonged to the Augsburg Monastery, the secular territory of the Augsburg bishops. During the secularization of the monastery, Pfronten came to Bavaria in 1803. In 1818 the municipality was formed.
== Transport ==
The town is served by the [[Ausserfern Railway]].
== Famous people of Pfronten ==
* [[Johann Baptist Babel]] (1716–1799), sculptor
* [[Syrius Eberle]] (1844–1903), sculptor
== Nearby ==
The [[Falkenstein Castle (Pfronten)|Falkenstein Castle]] ruin, located at {{convert|1268|m|ft}}, is the highest castle ruin in Germany. A planned reconstruction project of [[King Ludwig II]] failed because of his early death.
== Further reading ==
* Johann B. Doser: ''Pfronten in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart – Ein Beitr. zur Heimatkunde''. Pfronten-Ried 1925
* Simone Haf, Alison Feller: ''Pfrontener Impressionen''. Horb am Neckar 2002. {{ISBN|3-89570-791-0}}
* Ludwig Holzner: ''Geschichte der Gemeinde Pfronten.'' herausgegeben von der Gemeinde Pfronten 1956
* Anton H. Konrad, Annemarie Schröppel, Adolf Schröppel: ''Pfronten'' (Schwäbische Kunstdenkmale, 34). Weissenhorn 1986
* ''Pfrontener Bilderbogen 86''. Pfronten 1986. {{ISBN|3-925407-03-0}}
* Annemarie Schröppel, Adolf Schröppel: ''Alt-Pfrontener Photoalbum''. Pfronten 1984
* Annemarie Schröppel: ''Pfrontener Kirchen und Kapellen und ihre Pfarrer''. Pfronten 2002
* Thaddäus Steiner/Bertold Pölcher/Gemeinde Pfronten (Hrsg.): ''Pfrontener Flurnamen''. Pfronten 2010 {{ISBN|978-3-00-032977-7}}
==References==
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==External links==
{{Commonscat-inline|Pfronten}}
* {{Official website}} {{in lang|de}}
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[[Category:Ostallgäu]]
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