Grünten (also, Watcher of the Allgäu ) is a mountain of Bavaria , Germany . On the summit is a Gebirgsjäger monument, dedicated to German mountain troopers killed in World War One. Not far from there, on the lower crest, is a radio tower of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation . The cable car connecting the village of Rettenberg and the radio tower was closed to the public in 2014 and is now only used to transport material or members of staff up to the radio tower.
5-506: The Grünten is located in the Oberallgäu region of southern Bavaria, and is one of the most northerly mountains of the Allgäu Alps . At its foot are the municipalities Rettenberg and Burgberg . [REDACTED] Media related to Grünten at Wikimedia Commons This Bavaria location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Oberallg%C3%A4u Oberallgäu
10-501: Is a Landkreis (district) in Swabia , Bavaria , Germany . It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Unterallgäu and Ostallgäu , the Austrian states Tyrol and Vorarlberg , the district of Lindau , and the state of Baden-Württemberg (district Ravensburg ). The city of Kempten is enclosed by but does not belong to the district. Human settlement dates back to
15-530: The Bronze Age , when Celtic peoples inhabited the region. The Romans established a military camp which grew to become the city of Cambodunum, the present Kempten. It is consequently sometimes claimed that Kempten is the oldest town in Germany. In medieval times Kempten was a free imperial city, and the surrounding lands became subordinate to the lords of Staufen and the counts of Rothenfels. Both ceased to exist in
20-456: The beginning of the 19th century, when Napoleon handed these territories over to Bavaria. The district of Oberallgäu was established in 1972 by merging the former districts of Sonthofen and Kempten. Oberallgäu is the southernmost district of Germany. "Oberallgäu" literally means "Upper Allgäu". The term Allgäu is applied to the part of the Alps located in Swabia and their northern foothills. In
25-569: The very south of the district are some of the highest mountains of the Allgäu, culminating in the Hochfrottspitze (2,649 m). Blender , which rises to 1,072 m, is located between the municipalities of Buchenberg and Wiggensbach . The Iller River (a tributary of the Danube ) runs through the district from south to north. The coat of arms displays a mountain symbolising the Allgäu, and three lions from
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