Kaufbeuren

Geschichte

Kaufbeuren is an independent town in the Regierungsbezirk of Swabia, Bavaria. The town is completely enclaved within the district of Ostallgäu.Districts Kaufbeuren (Altstadt - Old Town) Hirschzell Kemnat Neugablonz OberbeurenMayorsStefan Bosse is the Lord Mayor of Kaufbeuren since November 2004. He was reelected in March 2014 with 57,48 % of the votes.Culture and Objects of Interest Townhall Crescentiakloster Historic Old Town with partially conserved, historic city wall St.-Martins-Kirche Fünfknopfturm St.-Blasius-Kirche Hexenturm Gerberturm Pulverturm Münzturm Sywollnturm Zollhäuschen Stadttheater Kaufbeuren kunsthaus kaufbeurenMuseums Stadtmuseum Feuerwehrmuseum Puppentheater-Museum Isergebirgs-Museum (Neugablonz)Famous residents Maria Crescentia Höss (1682-1744), nun, beatified 1900, sainted 2001 Sophie von La Roche (1730-1807, writer Ludwig Ganghofer (1855-1920), writer Rudolf Roessler (1897-1958), publisher and spy Wilhelm Walcher (1910-2005), physicist Hans Liebherr (1915-1993) master mason, inventor of the mobile tower crane and founder of the international Liebherr Group. Hans Magnus Enzensberger (born 1929), poet, writer and publisher Walter Riester (born 1943), politician (SPD), Secretary of State for Employment 1998-2002 Dieter Hegen, (born 1962), former ice-hockey player Erich Weishaupt (born 1952), ice hockey player Alexander Sulzer, (born 1984)(since 1991)(since 1992)(since 2009